Blacknad ... you didn't even meet the test of question 1. I said name it ... not make a vague allusion to it.

Strikes 1, 2, and 3. You are out!

And your arguments around the Epic of Gilgamesh disingenuous. Lets get to some facts.

1. Both contain word-for-word identical sentences.
2. Both end with the release of a bird to find land.

I wonder whose English language translations of both you've read to not see the similarities as overwhelming.

DA Morgan