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Huwawa is first mentioned in Tablet II of the Epic of Gilgamesh: after Gilgamesh and Enkidu become friends following their initial fight, they set out on an adventure to the Cedar Forest beyond the seventh mountain range, to slay Huwawa ( Humbaba ): “ Enkidu ,” Gilgamesh vows, “ since a man cannot pass beyond the final end of life, I want to set off into the mountains, to establish my renown there .” Gilgamesh tricks the monster into giving away his seven “ radiances ” by offering his sisters as wife and concubine.
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# The tablet is broken here, but it seems that Gilgamesh has suggested going to the Pine Forest to cut down trees and kill Humbaba ( known here as Huwawa ).
Enkidu protests, he knows Huwawa and is aware of his power.
“ When he looks at someone, it is the look of death .” “ Huwawa ’ s roar is a flood, his mouth is death and his breath is fire!
When Huwawa ’ s guard is down, Gilgamesh punches him and captures the monster.
In a last effort, Humbaba tries to escape but is decapitated by Enkidu, or in some versions by both heroes together ; his head is put in a leather sack, which is brought to Enlil, the god who set Huwawa as the forest ’ s guardian.
Huwawa and Gilgamesh
When Gilgamesh kills Huwawa they chop down part of the forest.
# Gilgamesh and Huwawa ( corresponds to the Cedar Forest episode ( tablets 3 – 5 ) in the Akkadian version ).
** Gilgamesh and Huwawa, version A
** Gilgamesh and Huwawa, version B
Defeated, Humbaba appeals to a receptive Gilgamesh for mercy, but Enkidu convinces Gilgamesh to slay Huwawa.
As each gift was given by Gilgamesh, he received from Humbaba a “ terror ” (= “ radiance ”) in exchange, from Huwawa.
In the Gilgamesh and Huwawa tale, the hero consistently uses the assertive phrase: “ By the life of my own mother Ninsun and of my father, holy Lugalbanda !”.
In another part of the Gilgamesh epic, Gilgamesh offers his " sister " Enmebaragesi to be the wife of the monster Huwawa or Humbaba, causing some debate as to Enmebaragesi's gender, with most scholars taking this reference as a jest.
Huwawa and Humbaba
In Akkadian mythology Humbaba ( Assyrian spelling ) or Huwawa ( Sumerian spelling ), also Humbaba the Terrible was a monstrous giant of immemorial age raised by Utu, the Sun.
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