the Mesopotamian epic “Gilgamesh”, the Hebrew Bible’s Genesis, and the Greek “Work and Days”, women are distinctly different than their male counterparts, with few similarities. Female characters, both human and divine, seem to have a witch-like effect on most of the men in their stories. Each author shares fairly similar assumptions about women. Overall, women are viewed as less than men, with the exception of goddesses and other holy female figures.
In the epic “Gilgamesh”, the women are all holy…
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