Dec. 22nd, 2013

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According to this Ptolemaic (300 BCE) papyrus, Seth turned himself into a leopard in order to approach Osiris (to steal his body?). Anubis overcame Seth, branded him all over with a hot iron, skinned him, and wore his pelt. Thus the leopard-skin robes worn by Egyptian priests. Blimey!

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