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'Cult Fiction' Traced to Ancient Egypt Priest
LiveScience ^ | 24 September 2012 | Owen Jarus

Posted on 09/25/2012 7:12:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

A recently deciphered Egyptian papyrus from around 1,900 years ago tells a fictional story that includes drinking, singing, feasting and ritual sex, all in the name of the goddess Mut.

Researchers believe that a priest wrote the blush-worthy tale, as a way to discuss controversial ritual sex acts with other priests... the Egyptians were known to discuss other controversial matters using fictional stories.

Containing writing in a form of ancient Egyptian known as Demotic, the papyrus is likely to have originated in the Fayum village of Tebtunis at a time when the Romans controlled Egypt... Researchers know the story is fictional because it employs an Egyptian noun used only in fiction to mark separate sections of a story...

This "cult fiction" interpretation of the papyrus is backed up by the Greek writer Herodotus, who lived more than 2,400 years ago. He wrote that "it was the Egyptians who first made it a matter of religious observance not to have intercourse with women in temples, nor enter a temple after such intercourse without washing." (That translation is from "Herodotus Volume 1," Harvard University Press, 1990.)

For some ancient Egyptians, the idea of mixing sex and religion may have been extreme, a problem priests discussed by way of a fictional story.

Smith declined an interview request, telling LiveScience that everything the researchers wanted to say is in the journal article. He did add that new fragments of the papyrus recently were discovered, and they may allow for more of the story to be deciphered.

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: demotic; egypt; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; herodotus; papyrus; romanempire

Goddess Mut... okay, so, she's a dog.
This papyrus, now in two fragments, dates back around 1,900 years and was written in a form of ancient Egyptian known as Demotic. It records a fictional story that includes ritual sex. CREDIT: Image copyright Istituto Papirologico "G. Vitelli" -- Firenze

Cult Fiction Traced to Ancient Egypt Priest

1 posted on 09/25/2012 7:12:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Mut! The wife of Muthammad?


2 posted on 09/25/2012 7:18:21 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Renfield; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...

 GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother & Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks Renfield.

To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.


3 posted on 09/25/2012 7:18:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Hejira barking, so he ran over to retriever.


4 posted on 09/25/2012 7:24:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

5 posted on 09/25/2012 7:34:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: BenLurkin

not guilty

lol


6 posted on 09/25/2012 7:38:40 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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I dunno, now that I’ve seen her, she seems a little two-dimensional. /rimshot


7 posted on 09/25/2012 7:45:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

d’oh!


8 posted on 09/25/2012 7:49:00 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: SunkenCiv

Apparently later on this "diety" became conflated with another named Sekhmet -- a lion headed woman goddess.

9 posted on 09/25/2012 7:50:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv

Sekhmet....

her last BF told me she is a bit dense


10 posted on 09/25/2012 7:53:32 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GeronL

I like her better as Mut.

11 posted on 09/25/2012 7:55:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: SunkenCiv

Heeee Heeeeeeee Heeee!


12 posted on 09/25/2012 7:56:46 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: SunkenCiv

13 posted on 09/25/2012 8:00:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: BenLurkin
Mut

14 posted on 09/25/2012 8:04:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: SunkenCiv

So, in other words, men have not ‘evolved’ when it comes to sex.


15 posted on 09/25/2012 8:36:33 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

Hey, if it ain’t broke...


16 posted on 09/25/2012 9:12:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Lol!


17 posted on 09/25/2012 9:14:44 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: SunkenCiv

kinky


18 posted on 09/25/2012 10:05:26 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: BenLurkin

Breaking News: National Inquirer has found nude pictures of her.


19 posted on 09/26/2012 1:45:55 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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