GIlgamesh

Gilgamesh is really confusing to read. It is understandable because it is a translation of an ancient text, but it is hard to relate to. There are a lot of different Gods in this story, unlike in the Bible where there is only one God and it is a sin to worship anything else. All of the different Gods is very confusing, it seems like it isn't exact how many Gods there are and new Gods were being imagined all the time. This is comparable to Greek Mythology where there are hundreds of Gods who overlap in what they have control over. I am also confused as to why there was a flood at all in Gilgamesh, it just says "The hearts of the Great Gods moved them to inflict the Flood" but doesn't way why. This could be that the Gods are so great that humans aren't meant to know why. It is interesting why there are different versions of the flood story, is it possible that a flood actually did happen that started all this story telling that branched off into different religions? Or is it merely symbolic and was only used as a scare tactic to keep members of the religion in line? It makes me curious about how much of the bible is actually historically accurate.