Now that he has seen a man of equal strength die beside him, he feels the need to no longer be mortal. After a long journey he is sent to the bottom of the sea to find a strange flower that will give him youth forever. He finds the plant and returns to the surface, but soon after falls asleep. When he wakes up he sees a snake shedding its skin, now knowing that his last chance to be immortal was eaten by a snake. This part has something in common with one of our most read books, the Bible. In the First Testament the origin of our species is explained, and the reason why we do not live forever is because Adam, the first man on Earth, ate the forbidden fruit after being pushed by a serpent. They relate because in both stories there is a special fruit of the plant that promises life forever, or takes it away. The serpent is also present in both stories, with the difference that in the Bible the serpent wants Adam to eat the fruit so that he loses his immortality, and on Gilgamesh the serpent becomes immortal after eating the promising