Dec 20, 2020
hekatontarch said:
Houw does that work? Someone has a migraine so you read porn to them???
lol no, the story of Anat, Seth and the Seed of Pre seems to be similar to Isis and the Secret Name of Re; i.e. it’s an invocation to combat an ailment that is preceded by a story about the gods with a similar theme.
Here’s a PDF by my supervisor Jacobus van Dijk on the story (in English). If nothing else, I’m forever indebted to Jaap for my blog title, because “the vigorous nature of Seth’s coition” is hands down one of the best lines ever written about Seth.
#and in the novel it's just D who's still a little hungover#it was actually mostly a coincidence that stemmed from me wondering if I should have the general toss her into the water after she's being a#dick again#and then I remembered this story and went mmmmm yes let's ham this up and make it a proper reference#a girl loves her layers
