likely to be derived from one of two unrelated Hebrew roots, either ḫbb ("cunning") or ḥbb ("kindness"). While accepted in older scholarship, a connection between Humbaba and Kombabos, a figure known from the writings of Lucian of Samosata, is not considered likely. The phonetic similarity between the names is most likely accidental, and the proposal relies on assumption that Kombabos is an unlikely amalgamation of Gilgamesh and Enkidu bearing a name derived from Humbaba’s. It has also been proposed that a scene in the Apocryphon of Jannes and Jambres relaying how the mother of Jannes had a dream in which a sinner enters paradise as an intruder to fell a cypress tree reflects the Humbaba narratives, but this view is not regarded as plausible. Footnotes References Bibliography External links Gilgameš and Ḫuwawa (Version A) in the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature Gilgameš and Ḫuwawa (Version B) in the ETCSL A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi O) in the ETCSL The death of Gilgameš in the ETCSL Fired clay mask of Humbaba in the shape of intestines in the British Museum Characters in the Epic of Gilgamesh Mesopotamian demons Hurrian legendary creatures Hittite legendary creatures Ogres Giants