It is also noted that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgamesh Gilgamesh] had to pass through Mount Mashu to reach Dilmun in the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh Epic of Gilgamesh]'', which is usually identified with the whole of the parallel Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges, with the narrow gap between these mountains constituting the tunnel. Others believe Mount Mashu was one of two ("twin") [[mountains]] that held up the sky at the eastern and western extremities of the world. The Sumerian versions of the Gilgamesh epic demonstrate that the earlier versions of the [[myth]] sited the Cedar Mountain to the east, in the direction of the rising of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utu Utu], the Sumerian sun god. | It is also noted that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgamesh Gilgamesh] had to pass through Mount Mashu to reach Dilmun in the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh Epic of Gilgamesh]'', which is usually identified with the whole of the parallel Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges, with the narrow gap between these mountains constituting the tunnel. Others believe Mount Mashu was one of two ("twin") [[mountains]] that held up the sky at the eastern and western extremities of the world. The Sumerian versions of the Gilgamesh epic demonstrate that the earlier versions of the [[myth]] sited the Cedar Mountain to the east, in the direction of the rising of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utu Utu], the Sumerian sun god. |