King Khufu and the Magicians http://www.ancient-egypt.org/index.html This story consists of tales told by the sons of Khufu to King Khufu Story one: is broken Story two: is told by the 2nd son named Khafre (which he learned when he went to the temple of Ptah of Ankhtowy in Memphis He tells the tale of a story which occurred in the time of King Nebka Webaoner was a priest His wife was having an affair with a townsman The wife had told the caretaker to set up a pavilion for her encounters with the townsman, the caretaker told Webaoner what was going on Webaoner sculpted a wax (ebony and electrum) crocodile which was 7 fingers long and told the caretaker to place it in the water when the townsman baths. After another encounter of the townsman with Webaoner’s wife the caretaker followed him and did what Webaoner instructed him to When placed in water the crocodile grew 7 cubits long and dragged the townsman to the bottom of the river Webaoner decides to tell King Nebka and shows him the crocodile When the crocodile is picked up it returns back to its original state (7 fingers longs) and inside the crocodile’s mouth was the townsman The crocodile was returned to the water and was never seen again Then King Nebka ordered Webaoner’s wife to be set in flames and had her ashes thrown in the river. The story ends with praises to the king Story three: is told by the 3rd son, Baufre about a bored king named Sneferu One day King Sneferu (Khufu’s father) was bored and he told Djadjaemonkh Djadjaemonkh told the king to build a boat and have the most beautiful women rowing it The king loved this idea and started preparing He prepared 20 oars of ebony, rounded up 20 women, and got 20 nets He was very happy watching the naked netted woman rowing One woman dropped her turquois fish charm into the river by accident and was so upset she stopped rowing The king offered her a new one but she refused King Sneferu consulted with Djadjaemonkh Djadjaemonkh placed one side of the water on top of the other and found the woman’s charm and handed it to her The water was put back, the naked women proceeded rowing and the king was happy The story ends with praises to Djadjaemonkh Story four: is told by the 4th son Hardedf about an old man named Dedi Hardedf tells a story about a man who lives in their present time A man named Dedi is 110 years old and eats 500 loaves, one shoulder of beef and 1000 jugs of beer per day. He could reattach severed heads and tame lions. It also said that he searches for Thoth’s shrine. Khufu tells his son to bring Dedi to him Hardedf went on his journey and met up with Dedi (he didn’t look old) He invited Dedi to the palace and Dedi agrees to come. They wanted to see Dedi’s power so they decided to cut off the head of a criminal but Dedi said no (he wouldn’t perform it on a person) They brought a goose a severed it’s head and Dedi put it back together using magic and the goose was well. This magic was performed on a waterfowl and an ox Khufu then asked about the shines Dedi said he didn’t know how many there were but knew that they were in a chest made for flint knives in a chamber called the inventory of Heliopolis but only the children of Reddedet could lead him there But the sons of Reddedet were from generations to come (maybe three) This made King Khufu sad but Dedi told him his great grandchildren would be able to make the journey King Khufu told Dedi to stay with Hardedf and he was given 500 loaves of bread, one shoulder of beef, and 1000 jugs of beer daily. Story five: continuation … discussing the birth of Reddedet’s sons Reddedet had difficulty giving birth so Re sent the four birthing goddesses (Isis, Nephthys, Meskheret, and Heket) and Khnum (held the birthing stone) to help her They disguised themselves as musicians Rewosre (Reddedet’s husband) allowed them to enter As each son was born Isis named them: Wosret, Sahure, and Keku Rewosre gave them grain (to make beer) as appreciation When they left Isis realized that they hadn’t performed any magic on the children so they made three crowns and hid it in the grain The heavens caused a storm so they returned and asked to leave the grain there (didn’t want it to get soaked) and told Rewosre that they would come back to get it once the storm ends. Fourteen days goes by and Reddedet arranges the home The maid had told her that the grain had run out so Reddedet decided to use some that the musicians had left behind and that she would refill it after When the maid went close to the grain she heard music, she told Reddedet Reddedet also heard music They sealed it in a room and when Reworse returned from the fields Reddedet told him what had happened, he was pleased One day the maid and Reddedet got into an argument and the maid got beat The maid grew angry and ran to tell the king what happened Along the way she saw her older brother and told him what happened He whipped her with flaw whip The maid runs into the water to recover but a crocodile eats her The brother goes to tell Reddedet what happened Text in broken Names to memorize with brief description King Khufu King who is told all the stories Khafre 2nd son of Khufu who tells the tale of Webaoner whose wife has an affair with another man Webaoner Is a priest who makes a crocodile out of magic to kill the man who is sleeping with his wife Nebka The king who sets Webaoner’s wife on fire and throws her ashes into the river Baufre 3rd son of Khufu who tells the tale of the bored kind Sneferu Sneferu Bored king (father of Khufu) who wants to watch naked women row a boat Djadjamonkh Priest who gives the naked woman on a boat idea to the king and displaces the water to find one of the woman’s charm so that they would continue rowing Hardedf 4th son of Khufu who tells the tale of Dedi and brings him to his father Dedi A magical old man who can reattach severed heads and knows the location of Thoth’s shrine Reddedet Mother of Wosret, Sahure, and Keku Reworsre Father of Wosret, Sahure, and Keku Wosret, Sons of Reddedet and Reworsre (Re) who are said to know the Sahure, and location of Thoth’s shrine Keku .