-The Egyptians seem to place a lot of importance on magical
deeds and gather a lot of entertainment from hearing about magical acts. The
wax crocodile seems to me to be a sad tale of lovers who met a sour end, but it
seems like it was told as a form of entertainment among the royals
-I wonder if the crocodile liked being bossed around. Maybe
the crocodile could “disappear” and then come back later to seek revenge on the
man who made him kill that youth. Maybe the crocodile is a sweet, gentle animal
who just wants to live in a lake and do no harm
-The poor woman! Being burned at the stake with no chance to
explain herself. I am sure the chief scribe is a busy man and is able to have
the attention of any female he pleases. But God forbid a woman strays and
breaks the bond of marriage! I cannot imagine a chief scribe is the most
attentive husband, what with him being so busy doing magic and other acts.
-Also, what is considered a youth in this case? Is that like
a teenager? Because if so, ew that lady is probably too old for him and I am
picturing some gross rich lady- pool boy nonsense going on.
-The story mentions a “certain magic box” and there is
definitely a lot of story-telling potential there. Maybe the box grants great
power to whoever owns it, but at what cost?
-The story said seven days passed and the crocodile held
onto the youth within the lake, how did the boy not drown? How did the
crocodile not eat him? I guess that is not the most implausible part of this
story but still does not make a whole lot of sense to me.
Egyptian, Late Period - Ptolemaic Period, 664 BC-30 BC
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