Extra Credit Reading- week 5

Eygpt

The Two Brothers: Part One

There were two brothers- Anpu and Bata. Anpu was married and his brother lived with them. Bata worked the field during the day and Anpu made garments. Anpu's wife started flirting with Bata so he left. When he returned for the day she was sick because he turned her down. 
The Two Brothers: Part Two

Anpu was going to murder Bata. Bata saw Anpu with the danger and escaped. They next saw each other on opposite sides of the river. Ra came down to make peace and Anpu learned what actually happened. Anpu killed his wife and fed her to the dogs. Bata went to acacia. Bata married.

Acacia

The Two Brothers: Part Three

Bata's wife went to walk by the acacia and a sea spirit took some of her hair. The chief washer found the hair and the King desired to find her. When he found her they cut don the acacia where Bata's soul was so he died. For three years Anpu looked for his soul. 
The Two Brothers: Part Four

Bata as a bull and Anpu went to find his wife. His wife was with the king and she had him get the bull's liver. Bata survived. So she had all the Persea trees cut down. She had a baby and Bata became him. After the king died, he took over the throne and had his mom tried.
The Book of Thoth: Part One

Merab studied all the time. A priest made fun of him for doing something so worthless. So he showed him readings worth reading and the priest told him about the book of Thoth. He went to Greece to find it. 
The Book of Thoth: Part Two

With a priest of Isis, they made a boat. The boat took him to the book in Koptos. An immortal snake fought them. He wrote down all the spells in a magical way. 
The Book of Thoth: Part Three

The loss of his book made Thoth angry. SO Ra killed Nefer Ka ptah's kid and had his dead body tell him what he had done wrong. Then Ra killed his wife. Angry, he decided that Thoth would not get the book back. He tied the book around himself so when thoth killed him he would still have the book.  
The Tale of King Rhampsinitus

The king was really rich. He hid all his wealth and then his builder died but told his sons the secret of how to get nto the palace. The sons went and stole everything. So RHampsinitus set a trap. One brother was going to die because of the trap and saved his brother. The palace put his body on display to find out who was the person who died. His mom wanted revenge so he got the guards drunk. Then the robber stole the princess.