A THOUGHT ON INEVITABILITY: THE DEATH OF GIL GAMESH AND ALEXANDER AND THE IMMORTALITY OF KHEZR AND UTNAPISHDYM

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KARAMI M.H.; RAHIMI R.

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Journal: Journal of Poetry Studies (Boostan Adab) Year:2012 | Volume:4 | Issue:1 (11) Page(s): 149-174

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A THOUGHT ON INEVITABILITY: THE DEATH OF GIL GAMESH AND ALEXANDER AND THE IMMORTALITY OF KHEZR AND UTNAPISHDYM

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KARAMI M.H. | RAHIMI R. | Issue Writer Certificate

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ALEXANDERQ2

ANCIENT HERO PATTERNQ2

GILGAMESHQ2

IMMORTALITYQ3

MYTHQ2

TRAVELQ2

Abstract

The present study takes a MYTHological attitude toward the journeys of a hero in pursuit of IMMORTALITY. Since a MYTH, in its simplest definition, is story-like and is repeated timelessly, the present study addresses the historical story of ALEXANDER, which is the reiteration of the MYTHological model of Gil Gamesh in the beginning of the history. Taking the failure of Gil Gamesh and ALEXANDER in achieving IMMORTALITY into consideration, the researchers refer to the IMMORTALITY secret of Khezr and Utnapishdym who become immortal in each of their stories. The secret is that gods or God grants IMMORTALITY to those beings who struggle for His goals. According to Sumerian beliefs, Utnapishdym has fulfilled the goal of gods in creating humans and attempted to help them to survive disastrous storms. Then, drawing upon Young’s Collective Unconscious and Archetypes and Freud’s ideas, the researchers have depicted the symbolic journeys of each hero and intended life and death to be taken contrastively. In short, according to the theory proposed by Campbell and Lymyng, all heroes’ journeys in pursuit of IMMORTALITY have been formed based on an archetype example of MYTHological hero journeys and that Gil Gamesh looking for Utnapishdym and ALEXANDER searching for the Water of Life are not an exception to this.

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KARAMI, M.H., & RAHIMI, R.. (2012). A THOUGHT ON INEVITABILITY: THE DEATH OF GIL GAMESH AND ALEXANDER AND THE IMMORTALITY OF KHEZR AND UTNAPISHDYM. SHER PAZHOHI (JOURNAL OF BOOSTAN ADAB OF SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY), 4(1 (11)), 149-174. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/153865/en

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KARAMI M.H., RAHIMI R.. A THOUGHT ON INEVITABILITY: THE DEATH OF GIL GAMESH AND ALEXANDER AND THE IMMORTALITY OF KHEZR AND UTNAPISHDYM. SHER PAZHOHI (JOURNAL OF BOOSTAN ADAB OF SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY)[Internet]. 2012;4(1 (11)):149-174. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/153865/en

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M.H. KARAMI, and R. RAHIMI, “A THOUGHT ON INEVITABILITY: THE DEATH OF GIL GAMESH AND ALEXANDER AND THE IMMORTALITY OF KHEZR AND UTNAPISHDYM,” SHER PAZHOHI (JOURNAL OF BOOSTAN ADAB OF SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY), vol. 4, no. 1 (11), pp. 149–174, 2012, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/153865/en

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