Egyptian Tales compiled by David Mackenzie
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Plot Points:
- Man grows discontent with Ra's rule and speaks seditiously against him
- Ra, upon hearing this, is driven to rage and vows to kill mankind
- He calls an assembly of the gods to hear their counsel on how to deal with the human insolence
- He claims he wishes to flood all of man and kill the gods also, except for Osiris and Horus
- The gods, ver much wanting to stay alive, say that Ra should just send Hathor to kill mankind
- Agreeing, Ra activates his weapon and sets her loose on the earth
- Hathor proceeds to kill a vast majority of mankind, causing the earth to flood with their blood
- Taken aback by her destruction, Ra tried to reel Hathor back in and cease her slaughter
- Drunk on the blood, Hathor refused to heel and the other gods feared confronting her
- Instead of direct confrontation, the gods brew some really strong beer and use it to get Hathor literately drunk out of her mind, until the point they were able to contain her
- Once subdued by the beer, Hathor transforms into the Heavenly Cow and is satiated, man having been saved from her wrath
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