Gilgamesh Plant Of Youth

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Utnapishtim tells of a thorny plant at the sea's bottom that gives back lost youth. Gilgamesh ties stones to his feet and dives, and wins it — but as he bathes on the way home a serpent glides up and carries it off, and sheds its skin renewed; so the snake renews itself, and man does not. — Epic of Gilgamesh