HA! Great icon. Had to read that book back in my youtherly days. That was long ago; fortunately it wasn't a long book.
Poor old Asar did indeed lose his schwanze during his rather unpleasant period after Set whacked him into bits (how many depends on which version, of course) and chucked the bits into the rushes and the waters. Eaten by a crab or a fish or a crocodile, again depending on the story. Once the remaining bits were retrieved by Asat and stuck back together by Anpu, the missing dangly bit was repolaced with either burnished mahogany, ebony, or a pecker formed of good Nile clay (yadastoryyada.) Asar was then revived, Asat did the wild ride and got knocked up with Horus (the twice-born, going around for the second time and very pissy he was, too) and Asar descended to rule the Underworld.
It's a lovely story, whichever version it is. Ignore the wooden/ebony/clay knob, the stiffly bandaged moldering flesh, and the general air of watery decay...it's a romance!
That's right, Min, not Shu. It's been a while since I made a study of that lot...can't even remember all the names of Ra these days. Min Min Min...yes, Henry?
Always getting caught in doors, that Min. Good thing they didn't have zipper flys in those days or we'd never have heard the last of it.
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Date: 2008-05-01 09:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-01 11:51 pm (UTC)Thus giving new meaning to the phrase "walk like an Egyptian".... O_o.
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Date: 2008-05-02 12:23 am (UTC)Like Geb? All nice and limp.
Wasn't it Shu that was wandering around with the 24 donut holder?
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Date: 2008-05-02 12:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-02 01:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-02 01:24 am (UTC)Poor old Asar did indeed lose his schwanze during his rather unpleasant period after Set whacked him into bits (how many depends on which version, of course) and chucked the bits into the rushes and the waters. Eaten by a crab or a fish or a crocodile, again depending on the story. Once the remaining bits were retrieved by Asat and stuck back together by Anpu, the missing dangly bit was repolaced with either burnished mahogany, ebony, or a pecker formed of good Nile clay (yadastoryyada.) Asar was then revived, Asat did the wild ride and got knocked up with Horus (the twice-born, going around for the second time and very pissy he was, too) and Asar descended to rule the Underworld.
It's a lovely story, whichever version it is. Ignore the wooden/ebony/clay knob, the stiffly bandaged moldering flesh, and the general air of watery decay...it's a romance!
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Date: 2008-05-02 01:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-02 01:16 am (UTC)Always getting caught in doors, that Min. Good thing they didn't have zipper flys in those days or we'd never have heard the last of it.
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Date: 2008-05-02 01:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-02 01:52 am (UTC)