Humbaba, also known as π·πππ, Huwawa, and π·πΏπΏ. Humbaba was surnamed "The Terrible". He was raised by Utu, the Sun. Humbaba was the gaurdian of the Cedar Forest where the gods lived, and brought terror to humans. He was called upon this job by the god Enlil. Humbaba was slain by Gilgamesh and Enkidu
His face was that of a lions. Gilgamesh once stated that when he looked at you, he looked at you with the face of death. In the book "The Epic of Gilgamesh", it is said that Humbaba's roar is a flood, his mouth death, and his roar fire, and he can hear hundreds of leagues away. In certain situations, it has been described that Humbaba has an entrail of a man or beast for a head. He had the paws of a lion and the back feet those of a vultures. Atop his head were a pair of horns like those of a wild bull, and his tail ended in a snakes head.
In a tablet of unknown origin this Humbaba is given a more positive description: "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." The tablet also states that Humbaba was beloved of the gods. In this tablet it says that the monkeys were his heralds, the birds his courtiers, and his throne room smelled like cedar resin. The tablet goes on to say that Gilgamesh was an aggressor who destroyed the forest unnecessarily.
Gilgamesh and Enkidu set out to the Cedar Forest to slay Humbaba. Gilgamesh tricked Humbaba into giving away his seven "radiances" in exchange for Gilgamesh's sisters and wife. When Humbaba's gaurd is down, Gilgamesh punches him and captures him. Humbaba appealed for mercy from Gilgamesh, but Enkidu convinced Gilgamesh to slay him. In his final moments, Humbaba attempts to escape but is decapitated by Enkidu. Gilgamesh and Enkidu put his head in a leather sack, and brought it to Enlil. Enlil was enraged, and redistributed Humbaba's radiances. He gave the first one to the fields, the second to the rivers, the third to the reed-beds, the fourth to the lions, the fifth to the palace, the sixth to the to the forests, the seventh to Nungal, the goddess of the underworld. Enlil did not lay vengeance upon the two humans, but he stated: "He should have eaten the bread that you eat, and should have drunk the water that you drink! He should have been honored."
Gilgamesh had given Humbaba seven gifts. They consisted of his sister, eca-flour, big shoes, tiny shoes, semi-precious stones, a bundle of tree branches, and the seventh gift is unknown.