All 4 Uses of
mortal
in
The Epic of Gilgamesh
- The Man-Scorpion opened his mouth and said, speaking to Gilgamesh,, 'No man born of woman has done what you have asked, no mortal man has gone into the mountain; the length of it is twelve leagues of darkness; in it there is no light, but the heart is oppressed with darkness.†
Book 4
- No mortal man has gone this way before,
Book 4 *mortal = human (especially merely human)
- When Enlil had come, when he saw the boat, he was wrath and swelled with anger at the gods, the host of heaven, "Has any of these mortals escaped?†
Book 5
- He touched our foreheads to bless us saying, "In time past Utnapishtim was a mortal man; henceforth he and his wife shall live in the distance at the mouth of the rivers."†
Book 5
Definition:
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(mortal as in: mortal body) human (especially merely human); or subject to death