Flood Story Vs Flood Story: A floods a flood right?

There were many major differences that I saw between The Hebrew Flood story and that of Gilgamesh. I saw many similarities that the two stories have. The story seems as if it could almost be the same story based on a different culture and belief system from a different part of the world. I have always wondered that because despite the differences among religions and there biblical stories I find a common theme. It makes me wonder if it is the same story told from different points of view throughout the world.

There are however many differences that make each story so different. In the flood of Gilgamesh there are many gods instead of just one. Something that really caught my eye was that it was mentioned that the flood was so terrible that even the gods were terrified of it and retreated to the highest reaches of heaven. I am not sure if there were different ranks of gods which were decided by power or if the storm and flood really was that horrible. In the Hebrew version of the flood there was only one all powerful god. I found it very interesting that the gods would be terrified of something that they not only started but created as well.

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vs One God

The version of the Hebrew flood doesn't seem to go into as much detail such as who Noah exactly is but rather what he does. The flood in Gilgamesh seems to be more of a story. It was also interesting how the flood only lasted 6 days and 6 nights in the flood of Gilgamesh and lasted a 40 days and 40 nights in the other flood. This seemed to reinforce just how much worse then Hebrew flood really was, however when a horrendous storm that floods the entire world six days and six nights would be more than enough to kill off the entire planet. 

I also saw that in the herbrew bible stated to take a certain amount of each animal. The request in Gilgamesh was to take the seed of each animal? This may just be the differences in word meaning or phrases or it could perhaps mean something else. I thought that it might of meant take with you the offspring of each animal. Since the world would be starting over I thought  it was appropriate to take animals in their youth rather than in their prime to repopulate the world.

It was interesting that the main reason for the flood in Gilgamesh was based on the "clamor" of humanity. Humans began to get so out of control that they produced so much noise that the gods could not sleep. Upon a vote the gods agreed to wipe out mankind. Because humanity god out of control which was most likely the cause of sin, hate, evil war, and chaos the god's decided to "start over". This was very much like the flood story in the Hebrew bible however, the story of the Hebrews seems to get right down to business rather than sugar coat it as the Gilgamesh flood did.