Mashu

 ( Epic Of Gilgamesh ) 

Mashu, as described in the Epic of Gilgamesh of Mesopotamian mythology, is a great Cedrus libani mountain through which the hero-king Gilgamesh passes via a Tunnel on his journey to Dilmun after leaving the Cedar Forest, a forest of ten thousand leagues span.

Siduri, the alewife, lived on the shore, associated with "the Waters of Death" that Gilgamesh had to cross to reach Utnapishtim in search of the secret of eternal life.Trample, Christopher "A Maiden Guards the Door: Symbolism and Meaning in Mythology" (http://www.public.iastate.edu/~ctrampel/Trampel_Mythology_Journal_Format2.pdf), accessed 02.09.2013

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Possible real location reference for story The corresponding location in reality has been the topic of speculation as no confirming evidence has been found. Jeffrey H. Tigay suggests that in the Sumer version, through its association with the sun god Shamash, "the Cedar Mountain is implicitly located in the east, whereas in the Akkadian versions, Gilgamesh's destination (is) removed from the east" and "explicitly located in the north west, in or near Lebanon".

Jeffrey H. Tigay (2002). 9780865165465, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. . ISBN 9780865165465

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See also

• Levant
• Middle East
• Jabal Shams

• Jennifer Westwood: Gilgamesh & Other Babylonian Tales, New York: Coward-McCann, 1968.

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