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asativum commented on the word humbaba
"'... Because of the evil that is in the land, we will go to the forest and destroy the evil; for in the forest lives Humbaba whose name is "Hugeness", a ferocious giant.'"
"Then Enkidu, the faithful companion, pleaded, answering him, 'O my lord, you do not know this monster and that is the reason you are not afraid. I who know him, I am terrified. His teeth are dragon's fangs, his countenance is like a lion, his charge is the rushing of the flood, with his look he crushes alike the trees of the forest and the reeds in the swamp. ...'"
-- The Forest Journey, in The Epic of Gilgamesh
June 17, 2008
whichbe commented on the word humbaba
Also known as Huwawa.
August 1, 2008