Rather than punish Utnapishtim for his disobedience, Enlil, King of the gods, granted the mortal eternal life and banished him to the island of Dilmun. He advised one of his devotees, Utnapishtim, to build a quadrangular boat to house humans and animals, and saved these living creatures from the Flood. But Ea, the god of fresh underground water, didn't agree. I remember days of desperation.'Ī long time ago, the gods grew tired of humans and decided to send a flood to destroy them. Men just went on multiplying and the noise they made was ever more irksome. It came at the end of a long, tormented story. 'The Flood didn't come suddenly as a big surprise. A beguiling new reimagining of one of the most ancient and mysterious origin myths of human civilization
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