Reading Notes: Ancient Egypt, Part B
Story: The Two Brothers
Source: Egyptian Myth and Legend
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Bata was a great worker, he tended to the onyx and plowed the fields. One day, Anpu's wife came onto him. Bata refused her, but then she lied to her Anpu, saying that Bata had struck her and begging him to kill him.
Anpu tried to kill his younger brother Bata, but then Ra intervened, and the truth came out. Bata left to a distant land, but first, he told his brother to come to his aid when and bring him to life. Bata devastated returned to his farm and slew his wife. There he waited for the signs that Bata foretold so that he might go and help his brother.
Bata to went to a distant land, where he met some really cool Gods. The Gods took pity on him and made a wife for him. His wife was beautiful for she was made by divine power. Bata loved her and told her his secrets. His most important secret was that he actually concealed his soul in the highest blossom of the flowering acacia.
After some time, a king desired Bata's wife greatly. He sent many men and soldiers, but they were all killed by Bata. Then he sent a woman with really cool ornaments, and she brought Bata's wife to the king.
The Divine Girl betrayed bata, and she told the King where Bata kept his soul. The King ordered the acacia to be cut down, and Bata dies. Apnu reading the signs of his brother's peril, followed his ordered and went looking for his soul.
After a long time looking, Anpu found Bata's soul in a seed near Bata's house. He then revived his brother, and once alive Bata became a Sacred Bull. Anpu presented the Bull to the King who marveled at his splendor. When Bata saw his wife sitting next to the king, he told her something along the lines of: "You betrayed me and then told my secrete to the king, who tried to kill me, but here I stand."
The woman trembled with feat and told the king that he wanted to eat the Bull's liver. The Bull was killed. Two drops of blood fell at the gate of the palace, one to the right and one to the left. Where the blood dropped two Persea trees formed.
One day the King was standing next to the trees and the girl wife was with him. Then the trees whispered something along the lines of: "Hello there, remember Bata, the man you betrayed. Yeah, it's me. You tried to kill me by cutting down the acacia and by slaughtering the Bull, but I'm still here."
The woman then told the king to cut down the tree. As they were cutting them down, a small chip of wood entered the mouth, and she swallowed. She then got pregnant and had a kid, the kid was named Prince of Ethiopia.
Once the King died and the Prince became king, Bata revealed himself. His wife was judged then. Bata then summoned Anpu and chose him as the royal heir.
Bata to went to a distant land, where he met some really cool Gods. The Gods took pity on him and made a wife for him. His wife was beautiful for she was made by divine power. Bata loved her and told her his secrets. His most important secret was that he actually concealed his soul in the highest blossom of the flowering acacia.
After some time, a king desired Bata's wife greatly. He sent many men and soldiers, but they were all killed by Bata. Then he sent a woman with really cool ornaments, and she brought Bata's wife to the king.
The Divine Girl betrayed bata, and she told the King where Bata kept his soul. The King ordered the acacia to be cut down, and Bata dies. Apnu reading the signs of his brother's peril, followed his ordered and went looking for his soul.
After a long time looking, Anpu found Bata's soul in a seed near Bata's house. He then revived his brother, and once alive Bata became a Sacred Bull. Anpu presented the Bull to the King who marveled at his splendor. When Bata saw his wife sitting next to the king, he told her something along the lines of: "You betrayed me and then told my secrete to the king, who tried to kill me, but here I stand."
The woman trembled with feat and told the king that he wanted to eat the Bull's liver. The Bull was killed. Two drops of blood fell at the gate of the palace, one to the right and one to the left. Where the blood dropped two Persea trees formed.
One day the King was standing next to the trees and the girl wife was with him. Then the trees whispered something along the lines of: "Hello there, remember Bata, the man you betrayed. Yeah, it's me. You tried to kill me by cutting down the acacia and by slaughtering the Bull, but I'm still here."
The woman then told the king to cut down the tree. As they were cutting them down, a small chip of wood entered the mouth, and she swallowed. She then got pregnant and had a kid, the kid was named Prince of Ethiopia.
Once the King died and the Prince became king, Bata revealed himself. His wife was judged then. Bata then summoned Anpu and chose him as the royal heir.
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