The Journey To the Cedar Forest
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- On Gilgamesh and Enkidu's journey into the Cedar Forest, Gilgamesh performed offering to their protector, Shamash, every night asking for a message from him before sleep.
- Mountain, bring me a dream, a favorable message from Shamash
- camp's ready!
- In the mountain gorges... the mountain fell down on me... like flies.
- Gilgamesh has a dream in which he finds himself afraid of what is to come. Enkidu helps him and encourages Gilgamesh that his dream was sent in a positive light.
- My friend, your dream is favorable. My friend, the mountain which you saw in the dream is Humbaba
- I was grappling with a wild bull of the wilderness, with his bellow he split the ground, a cloud of dust to the sky
- Upon the second stage of the journey Gilgamesh has another dream in which raises his nerves. But with the help of Enkidu, he helps him interpret the message to push Gilgamesh forward.
- The wild bull that you saw is Shamash, the protector, in difficulties he holds our hand.
- A bolt of lightning cracked and a fire broke out, and where it kept thickening, there rained death.
- Gilgamesh has another dream on the next stage of their journey. Although Enkidu's true message was uninterpretable on the tablet it is assumed he reassured Gilgamesh to move forward.
- Gilgamesh, for you are having terrible nightmares and are not seeing clearly.
- He was... cubits tall... Gilgamesh...
- Gilgamesh continues to have negative dreams brewing fear within him. Enkidu continues to reassure Gilgamesh.
- Humbaba, against whom we rage, we will... and triumph over him.
- Take my hand, my friend, we will go on together. Your heart should burn to do battle. Pay no heed to death, do not lose heart!
- Finally, Gilgamesh and Enkidu make it to the Cedar Forest. Once they make it, they hold their conversation and stand there and take in what is to come.
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