Humankind, Made So by the God(s) The notion that knowledge and discovery hurt humanity as much as they help rings true in Gilgamesh, Genesis, and Hesiod’s Greek creation myth in a number of ways. In Gilgamesh, knowledge and discovery take the form of the animal Enkidu’s transformation into a man through the harlot, and Gilgamesh’s realization that he cannot become immortal during his search for immortality. In Genesis, knowledge and discovery are symbolized in the form of “the tree of the knowledge of…
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