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Gilgamesh and Huwawa

The Sumerian original of the Cedar-Forest episode — Gilgamesh and Enkidu travel to the mountain to slay the guardian Huwawa.

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Tradition
Sumerian Gilgamesh poem. Predates the standard (Akkadian) Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh by centuries; survives in two versions, A and B.
Translation
ETCSL — J.A. Black, G. Cunningham, E. Robson, G. Zólyomi et al. (2003). Used by permission for educational and non-commercial purposes.
License
ETCSL translation. Reproduced for educational and religious commentary under ETCSL's non-commercial educational use clause.
Source
etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk

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