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At Thebes In the Temple of the Ogress
Jun. 18th, 2011 11:21 amHere's a 1924 account of a visit to the Temple of Mut at Karnak. It's a ripper; I'm going to quote it at length (with a few... elisions).
( Amongst the fellahs and the Bedouins of the neighbourhood she enjoys a very bad reputation, it being her custom of nights to issue from her temple, and devour men... )
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Loti, Pierre. Egypt (La Mort De Philae). 1924. (Translated by W. P. Baines.)
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3685/3685-h/3685-h.htm
( Amongst the fellahs and the Bedouins of the neighbourhood she enjoys a very bad reputation, it being her custom of nights to issue from her temple, and devour men... )
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Loti, Pierre. Egypt (La Mort De Philae). 1924. (Translated by W. P. Baines.)
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3685/3685-h/3685-h.htm
