Utnapishtim
Noun | 1. | Utnapishtim - favorite of the gods and grandfather of Gilgamish; survived the great flood and became immortal |
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释义 | Utnapishtim
UtnapishtimUtnapishtimthe hero of a Babylonian myth about the flood. According to legend, Utnapishtim built an ark and was saved from the great flood, the story of which is partly related to actual floods that occurred in Mesopotamia before the building of a flood control system in the late third millennium B.C. Utnapishtim corresponds to Ziusudra in Sumerian mythology and to Noah in biblical mythology. Utnapishtim |
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