Humbaba, Lord of the Cedar Forest

[Mike Headden]

A monster posted by the god Enlil to guard the Cedar Forest (roughly the area that is now Lebanon), Humbaba was killed by the Sumerian heroes Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his friend Enkidu.

He is described as having the face of a lion, the horns of an ox, the claws of a vulture, a body covered in spines and thorns and a tail that ends in a snake. His “member” also ended in a snakes head but I felt that that was a an anatomical detail too far 🙂

Allegedly, he could kill people with a look and could breathe flame.

Here’s my take on him:

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[Mike]

That is nifty, do like me a bit of folklore/mythology.

Nice basing too.

[Alexander Wasberg]

That’s a nice bit of mod-work on that mini, nice to see some more unusual mythological creatures!

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[Autodidact-O-Saurus]

Ha ha! My first response was “What the ^&% kind of hedgehog is that?” I like it, though. Anything dealing with Mesopotamian mythology gets street cred just for being so darned obscure.

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[Northern Monkey]

This is cool and it got me reading all about Humbaba which I have never come across before

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[General Slade]

That’s really nice work.  It is great to see a monster that is so out of the ordinary.  He’s like a scary version of Parsley the Lion:

There is an ‘In Our Time’ radio programme about the Epic of Gilgamesh that makes for an interesting listen and gives a bit of background about Humbaba: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b080wbrq (I find Melvin Bragg and his guests are a good background noise while I am painting.)

 

[Alexander Hay-Whitton]

Very odd to think of you as “Mike”.

[Mike]

Alexander Hay-Whitton wrote:

Very odd to think of you as “Mike”.

Me or the other one?

[Mike Headden]

Me, I think.

Alexander knows me as Ithoriel, elsewhere on the ‘net.

And I know him as a complete pussycat 🙂

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[Nic Wright]

Love him. What game will he appear in?

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[Mike Headden]

He’ll be an objective (hence the round base) for my “King of Kish” rules. These are home grown and intended entirely for my own amusement.

Units are all on 60mm square bases with 16 skirmishers, 32 tribal types, 48 close order infantry, 6 chariots or a general and 24 bodyguards.

If I ever get them finished I’ll have Sumerians, Old Kingdom Egyptians, Elamites, Amurru, Melukhans and Hill Tribes (Gutians etc.). I also have some ships.

Sumerian General and Bodyguard

There are 100 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who can work from incomplete data

[Nic Wright]

Sounds great! I look forward to hearing more about this in the future!

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[Alexander Hay-Whitton]

Mike Headden wrote:

Me, I think. Alexander knows me as Ithoriel, elsewhere on the ‘net. And I know him as a complete pussycat

 

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