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Humbaba

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Humbaba

Summary

Humbaba is a giant[1]. He ranks in the top 8% of giant entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,391 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Humbaba is recorded as male[3].
  • Humbaba's instance of is recorded as giant[4].
  • Humbaba's Commons category is recorded as Humbaba[5].
  • Humbaba's depicted by is recorded as Epic of Gilgamesh[6].
  • Humbaba's present in work is recorded as Book of Giants[7].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Humbaba include Leo[8], a constellation[9].

Why It Matters

Humbaba ranks in the top 8% of giant entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,391 views/month).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] He is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Entities named for him include Leo[8], a constellation[9].

Related Entities

Epic of Gilgamesh

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Yirba · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Sex or gender → male
    Present in work → Book of Giants
    P14750 → C23C-9354-FFB6-5258-8C4A
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47158|batch #47158]]: HAND ID (11)"
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