When he roars it is like the torrent of the storm, his breath is like fire, and his jaws are death itself. Enlil has appointed Humbaba to guard it and armed him iii sevenfold terrors, terrible to all flesh is Humbaba. But Enkidu sighed bitterly and said, ‘When I went with the wild beasts ranging through the wilderness I discovered the forest its length is ten thousand leagues in every direction. Because o£ 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. I will set up my name in the place where the names of famous men are written, and where- no man’s name is written yet I will wise a monument to the gods.
He said to his servant Enkidu, ‘I have not established my name stamped on bricks as my destiny decreed therefore I will go to the country where the cedar is felled. He sighed bitterly and Gilgamesh met his eye and said,’ My friend, why do you sigh so bitterly? But Enkidu opened his mouth and said, ‘I am weak, my arms have lost their strength, the cry of sorrow sticks in my throat, I am oppressed by idleness.’ It was then that the lord Gilgamesh turned his thoughts to the Country of the Living on the Land of Cedars the lord Gilgamesh reflected. The eyes of Enkidu were full of tears and his heart was sick. But do not abuse this power, deal justly with your servants in the palace, deal justly before Shamash.' He has given you unexampled supremacy over the people, victory in battle from which no fugitive returns, in forays and assaults from which there is no going back. He has given you power to bind and to loose, to be the darkness and the light of mankind. Because of this do not be sad at heart, do not be grieved or oppressed. The father of the gods has given you kingship, such is your destiny, everlasting life is not your destiny. So Gilgamesh dreamed and Enkidu said, ‘The meaning of the dream is this. ENLIL of the mountain, the father of the gods, had decreed the destiny of Gilgamesh.
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