Category talk:Fictional immortals

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This category was nominated for deletion, renaming or merging with another category on 2007 February 10. The result of the discussion was keep.

Utnapishtim, in The Gilgamesh Epic, is the wise king of the Sumerian city state of Shuruppak who, along with his unnamed wife, survived a great flood sent by Enlil to drown every living thing on Earth.

Utnapishtim and his wife were granted immortality after the flood. Afterwards, he is taken by the gods to live for ever at "the mouth of the rivers" and given the epithet "Faraway".

The Babylonian legend of Utnapishtim (meaning "He Saw Life", presumably in reference to the gift of immortality given him by the gods) is matched by a Sumerian version, the legend of Ziusudra, a name with the same meaning as Utnapishtim and bothe of them are "prequels" to the more modern and famous biblical story of Noah.

[edit] Category size

Ignoring the rant above... Given that the size of this category has gotten unwieldly I suggest someone go through and thins the ranks a bit by removing articles that are incorrectly here: What I mean is Fictional Vampires is a sub category but some of these articles appear both in fictional vampires and fictional immortals, the same problems happens with "fictional deities". I'm not totally familiar with the categoy rules so if some one wants to object please let me know what you think. Palendrom 23:42, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Add Tarzan

Tarzan should be added to the list of fictional immortals-