Chap. 6 Egyptian Literature
The Shipwrecked Sailor—The Fable of the Head and the Stomach—The Rebuking of Amasis—Tales of Magic—The Parting of the Waters—The Visit of the Goddesses—Lyric and Folk Poetry—The True History of Setne and his son Se-Osiris—A Vision of Amenti—The Reading of the Sealed Letter—The Contents of the Letter—Magic versus Magic—The War of Enchantments—How Setnau Triumphed over the Assyrians—The Peasant and the Workman—Story of the Two Brothers—The Treachery of Bitou’s Wife—The Doomed Prince—The Visit of Ounamounou to the Coasts of Egypt—The Story of Rhampsinites—Civil War in Egypt: The Theft of the Cuirass—The Birth of Hatshepsut—How Thoutii took the Town of Joppa.