Uta-napishti

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Mesopotamian legendary figure character in the Epic of Gilgamesh flood survivor immortal human mythological figure

Uta-napishti is the immortal flood survivor in the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, often compared to the biblical Noah.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Uta-napištim	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mesopotamian legendary figure ⓘ character in the Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ flood survivor ⓘ immortal human ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ
administeredTest	test of staying awake for six days and seven nights ⓘ
appearsIn	Epic of Gilgamesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Mesopotamian great flood NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithMotif	divine punishment by flood ⓘ human quest for immortality ⓘ
built	ark ⓘ
comparedTo	Noah NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Mesopotamian ⓘ
genreContext	ancient Near Eastern flood narratives ⓘ
grantedByDeity	immortality ⓘ
grantedImmortalityBy	Enlil NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNameVariant	Ut-napishtim NERFINISHED ⓘ Utnapishtim NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFrom	cuneiform tablets ⓘ
languageContext	Akkadian literature ⓘ
narrativeFunction	foil to Gilgamesh’s mortality ⓘ witness of antediluvian world ⓘ
religiousContext	Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ
rescued	animals from the flood ⓘ craftsmen from the flood ⓘ his family from the flood ⓘ
residence	mouth of the rivers ⓘ
revealsTo	Gilgamesh the existence of a plant of rejuvenation ⓘ Gilgamesh the story of the flood ⓘ
reward	dwelling at the mouth of the rivers ⓘ eternal life ⓘ
roleInWork	flood survivor in the Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ teacher of Gilgamesh ⓘ
sharesMotifWith	Atrahasis NERFINISHED ⓘ Ziusudra NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Uta-napishti’s wife ⓘ
survivedEvent	divinely sent flood ⓘ
tested	Gilgamesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeOfTextComposition	second millennium BCE (Epic of Gilgamesh tablets) ⓘ
warnedByDeity	Ea NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Utnapishtim → alsoKnownAs → Uta-napishti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Uta-napištim