Humbaba stood as the fearsome guardian of the Cedar Forest, his roar the deluge, his mouth fire, his breath death — a terror set over the sacred groves so that none dared trespass upon the cedars.
Gilgamesh and Enkidu journeyed to the Cedar Forest and slew its guardian Humbaba with the aid of Shamash's thirteen winds, beheading the monster and felling the great cedars for Uruk's temples.
Enlil appointed Humbaba to rule over the Cedar Forest, investing the fearsome giant with terrifying radiance and seven auras of dread to keep mortals from the sacred groves.
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