Motif
Deprivation of the dead through stagnant water
deprivation_of_the_dead_through_stagnant_water
A motif of the Afterlife Navigation and Passage 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 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HERKHUF / THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AMENI AMENEMHAT / THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THETHA / THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF TEHUTI, THE ERPA; lines 5273-5331 confidence: high
The speaker says living water is for those on earth, stagnant water is for himself, he has arrived in the valley of the dead, he longs for running water, and he asks for the pitcher at the stream and the north wind.
The speaker contrasts living water on earth with stagnant water for himself in the valley of the dead and longs for running water and stream-side wind.
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