Odesseus and Gilgamesh Essay - 1859 Words

In literature there are many aspects and different narratives of the same story which is subject to change. There are numerous ideas which can be captured and conceived according to the reviewer and very good examples of such literary work are Mythological tales. Most commonly renowned mythological work is of â€Å"Homers Odyssey† and the â€Å"Epic of Gilgamesh† with major emphasis on the tentative issue of â€Å"heroism†. Odysseus belonged to mainland Europe and Gilgamesh Epic is Middle Eastern work with Gilgamesh’s tale having been written on twelve tablets of clay. Both these tales are folklore and are considered an Epic which means a saga, Heroic Poem, narrative or Legend. A frenzy of events takes place including achievements and prominent†¦show more content†¦Odysseus’s tale starts sailing far and wide and on reaching north put the ships on hanger where Eurylochus who was second in command of Odysseus prepared a male and female sheep for sacrifice. After offering prayers to the dead the people of the river offered the sheep to them and put the remaining parts in a pit which had been dug with shadows of the dead gathering around. It was a ritual to establish communion with the dead who bore messages for the living and were respected and offered sacrifices. Elpenor who was the comrade of Odysseus amongst the dead and the first one to walk in the pit requested Odysseus to go back to Aeaea and to bless but he gestured his sword to hold her back with Tiresias (a blind prophet ) warning him of a turbulent future. Prophesying that he might return home accompanied by none and on dealing with the suitors troubling his kith and kin in Ithaca, he will have to walk inlands which will only end when he finds people who have never heard of the ocean followed by ceding to Poseidon. Further Tiresias also told Odysseus that the reason his mother did not share a gaze with him was that she must be allowed to taste blood. The shadow of Odysseus’s mother also told him that Laertes (father of Odysseus) was sick and longed for him. The next spirit in the pit was of the grand daughter of Aeolus, who shared a story including mother of Oedipus, Nestor Castor, Pollux and Ariadne respectively. Next in the pit was Odysseus’s