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Flood stories have been admired for years, especial “The Flood” story of the Bible and the “Story of the Flood” in Gilgamesh. The Utnapishim’s “Story of the Flood,” a part of Gilgamesh was rediscovered and published in 1872 (Gilgamesh p.16). People began to think that the story of Noah and the Great Flood was not the first (Gilgamesh p.16). Some people have never heard one or the other flood story, and do not know how similar the two stories are. Moses wrote the story of Noah and the “Great Flood”, it is unknown who wrote Gilgamesh. The writers point out whom, why, and how the flood is brought about. You’ll be wondering which story came first or if they are the same story, just with different names. In the Utnapishim’s “Story of the Flood,” there were many gods as if one god could not control everything. Gods and mortals interacted on an everyday basis. Gods could take the mirrored image of humans. G