Motif
divine figures rendered as human brothers
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A motif of the Sacred Twins and Sibling Pairs 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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The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians THE STORY OF SANEHAT / THE STORY OF THE EDUCATED PEASANT KHUENANPU / CHAPTER XI / FAIRY TALES; lines 6676-6764 confidence: medium
The passage introduces the Tale of the Two Brothers, says it is preserved on the D'Orbiney papyrus, identifies Anpu and Bata as the principal male characters, and states that they were originally gods but became men in the storyteller's fairy-tale rendering.
The introduction states that Anpu and Bata were originally gods but were made men in the storyteller's rendering; Bata is also described as having the power of God in him.
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