Motif
Desert ordeal relieved by life-giving drink
desert_ordeal_relieved_by_life_giving_drink
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal 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 TEHUTI, THE ERPA / CHAPTER X / TALES OF TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE / THE STORY OF SANEHAT; lines 5334-5427 confidence: high
At the Lake of Kamur, Sanehat suffers overwhelming thirst and calls it the taste of death; desert Satiu see him, a caravan master recognizes him, gives him water, warms milk, and he travels safely with the caravan.
Sanehat suffers extreme thirst and calls it the taste of death, then receives water and warmed milk from the caravan master and continues safely.
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