The three creation stories Gilgamesh, The Epic of Creation, and Genisis all share similarities although they are very different stories. All written in the BCE era, each of these stories contained important roles by men, gods or influence from one or the other. Two of the stories contained floods which seemed to have been brought on by the gods.
In Gilgamesh and Genesis, the floods were representative as God's return to Earth. The gods made a vow to secrecy in Gilgamesh to cause the food, or "the sacrifice." In Genesis, the flood was seen to cleanse the Earth; it was Gods first return since making the planet.
The role of men and the gods seemed to be the most important part of these stories analysis'. In Gilgamesh, men were entitled to power; although gods had the most power and control. In the Epic of Creation, gods represented wisdom, through the moon and the sun which people prayed to. In Genesis men and women were created by God equally and reliant on each other in some way.
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