Gilgamesh initially contemplates attacking the god-like, immortal
Utnapishtim. However, once they meet face to face and he realizes that this god was very much like him, just another human being, he could not fight him.
He ultimately encounters
Utnapishtim, the Noah figure who tells the story of the Flood and informs Gilgamesh that mortals must perish.
Eventually, rafter numerous adventures, Gilgamesh finds
Utnapishtim, a man who has survived the great flood--the model for Noah in the Hebrew Bible.
The heartbroken king seeks the advice of
Utnapishtim and his wife, the only two mortals to whom the gods have granted eternal life.
The names of Gilgamesh, Enkidu,
Utnapishtim, Enlil, and E anna are virtually unknown outside the poem itself.
This is a far cry from the earlier accounts (in the Gilgamesh and Atrahasis epics) where the gods plan the destruction of the world for reasons that are unclear, and where the protagonist,
Utnapishtim, is saved as the result of a god's favoritism without any moral judgments being passed."
FaceOff's work, which draws on ancient myths and legends, replaces Noah with
Utnapishtim, who is granted immortality by the Gods for saving two of every animal.
Utnapishtim, a mortal possessing the secret of life.
The most famous flood narrative, that of Noah, is based closely on the far older Babylonian story of
Utnapishtim, told in the Epic of Gilgamesh.