<Ol> <Li> Utnapishtim tells Gilgamesh a secret story that begins in the old city of Shuruppak on the banks of the Euphrates River . </Li> <Li> The `` great gods '' Anu , Enlil , Ninurta , Ennugi , and Ea were sworn to secrecy about their plan to cause the flood . </Li> <Li> But the god Ea ( Sumerian god Enki ) repeated the plan to Utnapishtim through a reed wall in a reed house . </Li> <Li> Ea commanded Utnapishtim to demolish his house and build a boat , regardless of the cost , to keep living beings alive . </Li> <Li> The boat must have equal dimensions with corresponding width and length and be covered over like Apsu boats . </Li> <Li> Utnapishtim promised to do what Ea commanded . </Li> <Li> He asked Ea what he should say to the city elders and the population . </Li> <Li> Ea tells him to say that Enlil has rejected him and he can no longer reside in the city or set foot in Enlil 's territory . </Li> <Li> He should also say that he will go down to the Apsu `` to live with my lord Ea '' . </Li> <Li> Note : ' Apsu ' can refer to a fresh water marsh near the temple of Ea / Enki at the city of Eridu . </Li> <Li> Ea will provide abundant rain , a profusion of fowl and fish , and a wealthy harvest of wheat and bread . </Li> </Ol>
<Ol> <Li> Utnapishtim tells Gilgamesh a secret story that begins in the old city of Shuruppak on the banks of the Euphrates River . </Li> <Li> The `` great gods '' Anu , Enlil , Ninurta , Ennugi , and Ea were sworn to secrecy about their plan to cause the flood . </Li> <Li> But the god Ea ( Sumerian god Enki ) repeated the plan to Utnapishtim through a reed wall in a reed house . </Li> <Li> Ea commanded Utnapishtim to demolish his house and build a boat , regardless of the cost , to keep living beings alive . </Li> <Li> The boat must have equal dimensions with corresponding width and length and be covered over like Apsu boats . </Li> <Li> Utnapishtim promised to do what Ea commanded . </Li> <Li> He asked Ea what he should say to the city elders and the population . </Li> <Li> Ea tells him to say that Enlil has rejected him and he can no longer reside in the city or set foot in Enlil 's territory . </Li> <Li> He should also say that he will go down to the Apsu `` to live with my lord Ea '' . </Li> <Li> Note : ' Apsu ' can refer to a fresh water marsh near the temple of Ea / Enki at the city of Eridu . </Li> <Li> Ea will provide abundant rain , a profusion of fowl and fish , and a wealthy harvest of wheat and bread . </Li> </Ol>
which character in gilgamesh was told by ea to build a boat
which character in gilgamesh was told by ea to build a boat
Utnapishtim
Utnapishtim