The eagle that you saw, with a lion's head, stands for Humbaba. Though it dived straight toward you

and terrifying flames shot from its mouth,

nothing could cause you harm. The young man

who came to your rescue was our lord, Shamash.

He will stand beside us when the monster attacks.

–Gilgamesh: A New English Translation,
Stephen Mitchell

Which features of epic poetry does this passage contain? Check all that apply.

a vast setting
a supernatural force that brings harm
a hero with great strength
an elevated style
a supernatural force that brings help

adverb clause because it is using arrives

the bundle of the sticks, talks about union and how sometimes people need a different point of view. when the father in this story asked his sons to break the bunch of sticks, they could not, but when they grabbed one stick each, it was easier for them to break, because they worked together.

in hofus the stonecutter shows a simple happy working man, but one day when he delivers a load of stone into the house of a rich man, he wishes to be a rich man as well and so the mountain spirit grants him that wish and many others, until he realizes that even getting all his desires and wishes come true, he just needed to be humble and have genuine reason to live and be a better man each day.