Motif
Destructive goddess restrained by intoxicating drink
destructive_goddess_restrained_by_intoxicating_drink
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
egyptian
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Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations THE HISTORY OF CREATION--B. / THE BOOK OF KNOWING THE EVOLUTIONS OF RA, AND OF OVERTHROWING APEP. / THE LEGEND OF THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND. / CHAPTER I.; lines 2258-2343 confidence: high
Mandrakes are placed into vessels for beer along with some blood of the slain men and women; seven thousand vessels of beer are made.
After the goddess slaughters humans, Ra arranges beer mixed with mandrakes and blood so that she drinks, becomes drunk, and ceases to attack humans.
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