Cedar Mountain

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Cedar Mountain is an alternative name for the ancient Cedar Forest, a legendary woodland featured in Mesopotamian mythology, especially the Epic of Gilgamesh.

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Cedar Mountain canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legendary forest ⓘ
location in Mesopotamian mythology ⓘ
mythological place ⓘ
accessControlledBy Humbaba ⓘ
alternateName Cedar Forest ⓘ
Forest of Cedars ⓘ
associatedDeity Enlil ⓘ
Shamash ⓘ
associatedMaterial cedar wood ⓘ
associatedWith Enkidu ⓘ
Gilgamesh ⓘ
Humbaba ⓘ
culture Mesopotamian mythology ⓘ
describedAs divine forest ⓘ
dwelling of the gods ⓘ
earliestAttestedIn Old Babylonian versions of the Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ
genreContext heroic epic ⓘ
guardedAs protected domain of the gods ⓘ
guardedBy Humbaba ⓘ
hasMotif forbidden realm ⓘ
sacred trees ⓘ
slaying of a guardian monster ⓘ
hasRole quest destination in the Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ
hasVegetation cedar trees ⓘ
influenced later Near Eastern sacred forest motifs ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Akkadian ⓘ
locatedInNarrativeRegion at the edge of the world ⓘ
beyond the Seven Mountains ⓘ
mediumOfTransmission cuneiform tablets ⓘ
mentionedIn Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ
narrativeConsequence anger of the gods at Gilgamesh and Enkidu ⓘ
narrativeFunction site of Gilgamesh and Enkidu’s battle with Humbaba ⓘ
narrativeOutcome destruction of part of the cedar forest ⓘ
relatedMythicTheme confrontation with a monstrous guardian ⓘ
heroic forest expedition ⓘ
relatedWork Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ
linked to: Epic of Gilgamesh
represents exploitation of divine resources by humans ⓘ
symbolizes divine power ⓘ
human defiance of the gods ⓘ
the boundary between civilization and wilderness ⓘ
timePeriodOfMyth early 2nd millennium BCE and later Mesopotamian tradition ⓘ

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Cedar Forest → alsoKnownAs → Cedar Mountain ⓘ