Then Pir-napishtim touched him, and he awoke full of life.
Then Pir-napishtim addressed his wife, saying: "His sufferings make me sad.
Gilgamesh then asked Pir-napishtim how it chanced that he was still alive.
He spoke, saying: 'In time past Pir-napishtim was a man.
When the narrative was ended, Pir-napishtim spoke sympathetically and said: "Who among the gods will restore thee to health, O Gilgamesh?
Pir-napishtim made answer, reminding the pilgrim that all men must die.
Pir-napishtim thereupon related to his descendant the story of the deluge, which is dealt with fully in the next chapter.
The gods had resolved to destroy the world, and Ea in a dream revealed unto Pir-napishtim how he could escape.
Ea then gave instructions to Pir-napishtim how to build the ship in which he should find refuge.
Gilgamesh spake unto Pir-napishtim and said: "I was suddenly overcome by sleep.
Then Pir-napishtim told Gilgamesh that he had been given to eat of the magic food.
Henceforth Pir-napishtim and his wife will be like unto deities, even us.
They offered up a fish sacrifice in the boat and enraged the deity who visited them, displaying as much indignation as did Bel when he discovered that Pir-napishtim had survived the great disaster.
In reply Uta-Napishtim told her to bake bread for him and she did so, and each day for six days she carried a loaf to the ship and laid it on the deck where Gilgamish lay sleeping.
Uta-Napishtim having made to Gilgamish some remarks which seem to indicate that in his opinion death was inevitable, 1.
Thereupon Uta-Napishtim related to Gilgamish the Story of the Deluge, and the Eleventh Tablet continues thus:-- 8.
When Uta-Napishtim had finished the story of the Deluge, he said to Gilgamish, "Now as touching thyself; which of the gods will gather thee to himself so that thou mayest find the life which thou seekest?
The story of the Deluge as told by Uta-Napishtim to Gilgamish has already been given on pp.
First Speech of Ea to Uta-Napishtim who is sleeping in a reed hut.
Meanwhile, Uta-Napishtim had seen the boat coming and, as something in its appearance seemed strange to him, he went down to the shore to see who the newcomers were.
Where Uta-Napishtim lived was unknown to Gilgamish, but he seems to have made up his mind that he would have to face danger in reaching the place, for he says, "I will set out and travel quickly.
He knew that his ancestor Uta-Napishtim had become immortal, therefore he determined to set out for the place where Uta-Napishtim lived so that he might obtain from him the secret of immortality.
Guided by a dream in which he saw the direction of the place where Uta-Napishtim lived, Gilgamish set out for the Mountain of the Sunset, and, after great toil and many difficulties, came to the shore of a vast sea.
On the seventh day when she took the loaf Uta-Napishtim touched Gilgamish, and the hero woke up with a start, and admitted that he had been overcome with sleep, and made incapable of movement thereby.
Poebel rightly compares the direct warning of Ut-napishtim by Ea in the passage quoted above with the equally direct warning Ziusudu receives in the Sumerian Version.
Enlil thereupon changes his intention, and going up into the ship, leads Ut-napishtim forth.
We are there given no reason why Ut-napishtim was selected by Ea, nor Xisuthros by Kronos.
And let Ut-napishtim dwell afar off at the mouth of the rivers!
The Eleventh Tablet, or Book, of the epic contains the account of the Deluge which Ut-napishtim related to his kinsman Gilgamesh.
In the latter no direct reference is made to the appearance of the Sun-god after the storm, nor is Ut-napishtim represented as praying to him.
For in the Sixth Column of the text we find these two deities reconciled to Ziusudu and bestowing immortality upon him, as Enlil bestows immortality upon Ut-napishtim at the close of the Semitic Version.
Tradition already told us that Erech was the native city of Gilgamesh, the hero of the national epic, to whom his ancestor Ut-napishtim related the story of the Flood.
In the Gilgamesh Epic, on the other hand, Ut-napishtim is given no royal nor any other title.
Ut-Napishtim was evidently a favourite with Ea, lord of the deep; he instructed him in a vision how to build a ship in which he and his household might escape.
To explain how he himself obtained immortality and deification, Ut-Napishtim relates the Babylonian version of the ubiquitous flood-story, which occupies the first portion of the XIth tablet.
Their hearts prompted the great gods to send a deluge," says Ut-Napishtim naively, and no other cause is assigned for the disaster.
His recital ended, Ut-Napishtim undertook to cure Gilgamesh of his disease, and for that purpose directed him to a magic spring of healing virtue.
Arrived at the farther shore, the hero (who has meanwhile contracted a sore disease) remains sitting in the boat till Ut-Napishtim comes down to the strand.
The building, launching, and loading of the ship occupied seven days, and at eventide on the seventh Ut-Napishtim with his family and household entered the ship, and the torrential rains then commenced.
Then Ut-Napishtim and all his household came out and offered a libation and burnt incense on the mountain-peak.
In the 11th tablet, Ut-Napishtim tells the famous story of the Babylonian flood, which is so patently attached to Gilgamesh in a most artificial manner.
The ferry-man of Ut-Napishtim brings him safely through these waters, despite the difficulties and dangers of the voyage, and at last the hero finds himself face to face with Ut-Napishtim.
During the visit Ut-Napishtim tells Gilgamesh the story of the flood and of his miraculous escape.
Ut-Napishtim and his wife are anxious to help Gilgamesh to new life.
Bel accepts the censure and himself leads Sit-napishtim and his wife out of the ship and blesses them.
Sit-napishtim looks out of the window and weeps at the sight that meets his gaze.
Gilgamish then determines to seek Sit-napishtim and beseech his help to rescue him from disease and death.
Sit-napishtim then relates how he built the ship, gives its dimensions, and tells what he put into it.
After listening to this story Gilgamish is cured of his disease by Sit-napishtim who also tells him of a plant which has the power to prolong life.
The Babylonian Ark Ut-Napishtim employed many people in the construction of the ship.
To return to the epic: The recital of Ut-Napishtim served its primary purpose in the narrative by proving to Gilgamesh that his case was not that of his deified ancestor.
Gilgamesh and Ut-Napishtim Ut-Napishtim was indeed surprised when he beheld Gilgamesh approaching the strand.
The Deluge Myth In reply Ut-Napishtim introduces the story of the Babylonian deluge, which, told as it is without interruption, forms a separate and complete narrative, and is in itself a myth of exceptional interest.
Then Ut-Napishtim brought his household and all his possessions into the open air, and made an offering to the gods of reed, and cedar-wood, and incense.
Ut-Napishtim teaches him the lesson that all men must die (he himself being an exception in exceptional circumstances), and though he afterwards gives Gilgamesh an opportunity of eating the plant of life, the opportunity is lost.
Ea intends that Ut-Napishtim shall disarm the suspicions of the people by declaring that the object of his shipbuilding and his subsequent departure is to escape the wrath of Bel, which he is to depict as falling on him alone.
He approached the ship (into which it would appear that the remnants of the human race had retired during the altercation) and led Ut-Napishtim and his wife into the open, where he bestowed on them his blessing.
The god Bel was very wroth when he discovered that a mortal man had survived the deluge, and vowed that Ut-Napishtim should perish.
However, Ut-Napishtim cures Gilgamesh of a disease which he has contracted, apparently while crossing the Waters of Death, and he is finally restored to Erech.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "napishtim" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
