Reading Notes: Ancient Egyptian Myths, Part B

The Tale of King Rhampsinitus

The king decides to build a tower to hold all of his riches.  However, one of the builders put in a secret brick which could be taken out from the outside.  He grew ill and told his two sons of the secret brick.  The two brothers set forth to rob the king of his treasures.  The king was bewildered, for his guards were always vigiliant and they had even begun to set traps for the theives but alas, the treasury continued to be empty!

Until one night, one of the brother's was caught.  To avoid being recognized and thus incuring the death of the other brother, he asked for his head to be cut off and taken to their mother.  The last brother did as he was asked, though it was with a heavy heart.

The king was even more astounded to find the headless corpse in the tower.  He put the body on display, but the brother managed to trick the guards into drinking.  Once they were drunk, the brother stole the body back.  This infuriated and confused the king so he had his daughter go out in secret to try and catch the cunning theif.  She managed to find him, but was outsmarted.

The king was so overwhelmed that he simply decided to withhold punishment and offered a pardon to the man if he would present himself before the king.  So the brother did and he was offered the king's daughter as a bride.

Graphic Art by Sachin Nagar


Bibliography:
Egyptian Myth and Legend by Donald Mackenzie (1907).

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