a. In the Egyptian creation myth man and other gods are created because the first deity became lonely. Where as in the Sumerian, where man was created to serve the gods. Similarly, both of the creation myths have the “mound” coming out of the primeval sea. b. Gilgamesh, who is two-thirds god, is oppressing his people and they are praying for help from the gods, and so the gods created Enkidu. Enkidu and Gilgamesh fought and then became close friends and then went on heroic exploits together. On the way back to Erech the gods kill Enkidu, so Gilgamesh sets out to find eternal life, seeks help from a guide, and eventually fails. I do not consider Gilgamesh to be a mythological hero based on his actions; however, I would consider Enkidu to be a mythological hero as he stops the oppression going on and calms Gilgamesh down. c. …show more content…
In the Middle East the gods are bothered by the amount of people and the noise they make, so they attempt to use disease and death to lower the number of mankind. In Egypt, Ra sent Sekhmet, a raging lioness, to slaughter mankind as he was growing tired. Ra changed his mind and tricked Sekhmet into getting so drunk that she forgot what she was doing and changed back into Hathor. Mankind was then safe from her rage, however, death and disease had come into existence. d. In an episode of the Setna cycle, Siosire takes his father to the underworld to show him what became of two men. One was a cruel and rich man, this man was condemned to eternal torment. While the other was a poor but virtuous man and was given the rich man’s grave goods and becomes a blessed spirit. This myth explains that wealth does not matter and that what kind of person you are