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And that is the end of the story.
In "the Story of Gilgamesh" the Gods do punish Gilgamesh and Enkidu for killing Humbaba and carving up the Evergreen Forest. But the damage was done.
It is more than three
thousand years later (maybe more than four thousand), and we should know who the real
monsters are. Gilgamesh and Enkidu were emotionally retarded murderers, unable to reconcile Humbaba's intelligence, knowledge, and humanity against the image they had of him as a monster to be conquered, unable to process new information that would have made them rethink their original purpose.
Enkidu betrayed his own heritage to help Gilgamesh murder and plunder.
Without Humbaba, there was no one left with the strength to challenge the "greedy few" who then harvested all the large old evergreens in Syria and Lebanon and sold them for profit.
The spirit of Humbaba, guardian of the old growth evergreen forest, has never been properly
mourned. And his memory has never been properly honored.
Now that his story has been heard maybe we have taken a small step towards correcting that wrong.
Without Humbaba to protect the Evergreen forest, and the natural resources of earth, there is no one left to do it but us.
Do we recognize the modern-day Gilgemeshs who would, for glory and wealth, kill those they don't understand? Can we restrain the greedy few who would acquire resources, that are the collective treasure of others, for possession and profit?
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Restored: November 15, 1997
Posted: March 20, 2005
Updated: April 5, 2005
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