Reading Diary B: Ancient Egypt: The Book of Thoth

The story that really interested me in the second half of my reading for Ancient Egypt was The Book of Thoth Part I, II and III. It was about to the son of the King of Egypt, Nefer-ka-ptah, who loved to read about the ancient records of Egypt. A priest told Nefer-ka-ptah that he was reading things that were pointless and what he could really benefit from is the Book of Thoth because he could have supernatural powers. But to get the information on the location of the book, they made a deal that if Nefer-ka-ptah promised to gave the priest a good funeral with one hundred pieces of silver then he would tell him where the book hid. After they made the deal, the priest told Nefer-ka-ptah that the book was in Koptos in the middle of the river. It was within many different types of boxes and was guarded by snakes, scorpions and a snake that could not be killed by man. 
He did as he was promised for the priests funeral than set off on the journey with other men and his worried wife and son. The men and Nefer-ka-ptah built a cabin and used magic to go in the middle of the river. Once they got down there, he used more magic to freeze the creatures who guarded the book but it didn’t work on the snake that no man could kill. He even tried to cut the head off but it grew back. So Nefer-ka-ptah drew his sward again and cut the snake into pieces and poured sand on the slices so he couldn’t put itself back together. He then got the book and began to read each page, which awakened many powers like understanding the language of birds and seeing the Gods. He went back to the surface and reconnected with his family that waited for him then sailed back home. As they sailed back, Thoth was in rage that his book was stolen so he received the power of Ra to carry on his revenge. He made Nefer-ka-ptah's son drown and then did the same to his wife. After their funeral he went back to the lake and felt himself being pulled to the water like the rest of his family so he wrapped the book around his chest to make sure the book would forever be bound to him. After a few days of not finding his body, they finally found it on the river and the King of Egypt gave his son a proper burial and kept the book bound to his chest. 

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