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.
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egyptian
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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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