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Shamash heard Gilgamesh's cry for mercy and summoned the great winds. Whirlwinds, icy winds, scorching wind which abruptly came like a scorching fire.
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Humbaba was taken aback and became completely powerless as the great winds had come to beat against him.
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Gilgamesh, feeling victorious and triumphant at the sight of Humbaba completely incapacitated, had captured the monster and determined to slay him.
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| I, Gilgamesh, the Ruler of Sumeria, had defeated Humbaba, the guardian of the forest! | |
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