The Epic of Gilgamesh Quotes

“Enkidu gave counsel to the elders,
to the men of Uruk, who know how to fight:
“Tell him not to go to the Cedar Forest!
This journey cannot be made,
this creature cannot be seen.

“The guardian of the cedars is ·[lacuna]·
Humbaba: his howl is a flood,
his voice is fire, his breath is death.

“He hears every whisper for a thousand miles around him.
Who would dare to go near him?
Humbaba is the greatest, second only to the Storm God.
Would even the gods defy him?

“To keep the cedars safe from harm,
Enlil has made him the terror of men.
Despair strikes all who step into his forest.”
― Unknown, The Epic of Gilgamesh