Motif
animated wax creature used for punishment
animated_wax_creature_used_for_punishment
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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egyptian
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The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians THE PYRAMID TEXTS / CHAPTER III / STORIES OF MAGICIANS WHO LIVED UNDER THE ANCIENT EMPIRE / THE MAGICIAN UBAANER AND THE WAX CROCODILE; lines 1084-1148 confidence: high
Ubaaner has his ebony and silver-gold casket of magical materials brought, makes a wax crocodile seven spans long, recites magical words over it, orders it to seize the young man in the lake, and gives it to the steward with instructions.
Ubaaner fashions a wax crocodile, empowers it with magical words, and uses it to seize and later carry away the young man.
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