Motif
Enjoy life before death
enjoy_life_before_death
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.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
egyptian
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Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt EMERGENCE OF THE MORAL SENSE 177 / EMERGENCE OF THE MORAL SENSE 179 / EMERGENCE OF THE MORAL SENSE 181 / EMEBGENCE OF THE MORAL SENSE 183; lines 6832-6924 confidence: high
The speaker urges the addressee to encourage the heart, make life pleasant, put myrrh on the head, wear fine linen, increase delights, follow desire and the heart, and notes that the dead do not hear lamentation or attend mourning from the tomb.
The speaker urges the addressee to follow the heart, adorn the body, increase delight, and celebrate the glad day because death prevents return and possession of goods.
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The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HERKHUF / THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AMENI AMENEMHAT / THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THETHA / THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF TEHUTI, THE ERPA; lines 5273-5331 confidence: high
The speaker greets Ur-kherp-hem as brother, husband, and friend and urges drinking, eating, wine, love, happiness, following the heart, and avoiding sorrow because earthly years are limited.
The speaker urges Ur-kherp-hem to eat, drink wine, enjoy love, follow the heart, and not place sorrow in the heart because earthly years are limited.
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