Cultural Values in Gilgamesh

The ancient epic of Gilgamesh was one of the oldest recorded stories in the world. The epic is about the King of Uruk and his quest for immortality. This quest eventually leads to his death. By reading this novel many things can be extracted about the culture and their values threw themes and motifs. The hero characteristics of Gilgamesh can be seen in many works of world literature today. Gilgamesh much like other old epics …

…disclose.” This reveals that the people believed that once a person finish’s what is in their destiny they will die. There is no certain time limit on their death but rather the completion. The Sumerian people must have believed that the god’s would set a predetermined fate for that person and that there was nothing that they could do to change or alter that fate which was chosen for them by the gods.