Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Divine ownership of natural resources

divine_ownership_of_natural_resources

A motif of the Supreme Ruler and Cosmic Sovereignty family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


egyptian

  • The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians CHAPTER X / TALES OF TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE / THE STORY OF SANEHAT / THE STORY OF THE EDUCATED PEASANT KHUENANPU; lines 6445-6536 confidence: high

    The narrator replies that his journey is not beggarly, that every boat, the sea, and the cedars belong to Amen, and that Amen-Ra commanded Her-Heru to send him with the divine figure; the god has waited twenty-nine days in an anchored boat.

    The narrator states that every boat belongs to Amen, and that the sea and cedars of Lebanon also belong to him; he warns the local ruler not to covet Amen-Ra's possessions.

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