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The History of Egypt Podcast

The Tale of Two Brothers

71 min • 1 januari 2020

Ancient Fairytales (Part 1). In the late 18th or early 19th Dynasties, a story developed in Egypt. It told of two siblings, Anubis and Bata, who contended with injustice and misfortune. Facing treachery, divine intervention and even the pharaoh himself, the two brothers overcame obstacles and sought to restore justice, against those who did them wrong. In this fairytale, we see how two (divine) beings contended with falsehood.

 

Select Bibliography:

  • Susan T. Hollis, The Ancient Egyptian “Tale of Two Brothers:” The Oldest Fairy Tale in the World, 1990.
  • Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume II: The New Kingdom, 1976.
  • Thomas Schneider, “Innovation in Literature on Behalf of Politics: The Tale of the Two Brothers, Ugarit, and 19th Dynasty History,” Egypt and the Levant 18 (2008). Online.
  • William Kelly Simpson (ed.), The Literature of Ancient Egypt, 2003.
  • Pascale M. Teysseire, Portrayal of Women in the Ancient Egyptian Tale, PhD. Dissertation, 1998.

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