The Epic of Gilgamesh
How does the Epic of Gilgamesh portray the gods and their relationship to humankind?
The Epic of Gilgamesh presents how the Mesopotamian gods agreed to exterminate mankind because they were growing in population and becoming more wild and intolerable. It describes how the lord of the Storm, Adad, turned daylight into darkness where he smashed the land of Shurrupak. He flooded the entire the land; and caused so much chaos and despair, that even the other gods felt fear and fled to the highest heavens. The Queen of Heaven mourned for the people even tough she commanded evil upon them. As the people float in the ocean like dead fish, the gods of heaven and hell wept. This shows just how much power the gods have over humankind. If the gods feel that the people serve no purpose to the world anymore, they obliterate them.
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