(Please read from the start)
“However, another description in a tablet sold to a museum in Sulaymaniyah in 2011 is more positive about Humbaba:
"Where Humbaba came and went there was a track, the paths were in good order and the way was well trodden … Through all the forest a bird began to sing: A wood pigeon was moaning, a turtle dove calling in answer. Monkey mothers sing aloud, a youngster monkey shrieks: like a band of musicians and drummers daily they bash out a rhythm in the presence of Humbaba."
In this version of the story, Humbaba is beloved of the gods and a kind of king in the palace of the forest. Monkeys are his heralds, birds his courtiers, and his entire throne room breathes with the aroma of cedar resin. The tablet goes on to portray Gilgamesh as an aggressor who destroys a forest unnecessarily, and Humbaba's death is lamented by Enkidu.”
>> Well, this is true. Humbaba was in his territory = his dominion. Enkidu and Gilgamesh came to “get rid” of Humbaba. If someone knocks on your door while wanting to shoot you, do you welcome them nicely? This is a perspective issue here anons: it all depends which side is writing the story. If we hear the side of Gilgamesh, then the narrative is in one set, but if we hear the side of Humbaba, we will get another narrative set, won’t we? It all depends whom is writing this, which side. I wonder if this is one of the text translated by Finkel (starting page 20), remember him anons?
“Demise
Humbaba 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 Humbaba (Huwawa): "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. When Humbaba's guard is down, Gilgamesh punches him and captures the monster. Defeated, Humbaba appeals to a receptive Gilgamesh for mercy, but Enkidu convinces Gilgamesh to slay Humbaba. 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 Humbaba as the forest's guardian. Enlil becomes enraged upon learning this and redistributes Humbaba's seven splendors (or in some tablets "auras"):
"He gave Humbaba's first aura to the fields. He gave his second aura to the rivers. He gave his third aura to the reed-beds. He gave his fourth aura to the lions. He gave his fifth aura to the palace (one text has debt slaves). He gave his sixth aura to the forests (one text has the hills). He gave his seventh aura to Nungal.”
No vengeance was laid upon the heroes, though Enlil says, "He should have eaten the bread that you eat, and should have drunk the water that you drink! He should have been honored."
>> So anons, do tell me: what do you think these AURAS were? What are these SPLENDORS? Do you think they were crystals or gems like the ones the Native American Horned Serpent had on the forehead, as well as some of the Seraphim used to also have on the forehead? Or are they blasters from the Horned Serpent armor? And again, we have the number 7 popping out = whatever these auras were, we have 7 of them.
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