The Ancient Egyptian Origin of a Transcultural Trope, across Classical, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions: The First Attestation of the Crocodile Bird in Egyptian, or Why Herodotus Is Not a Liar (with the First Edition of P. Vienna D 6104)

The article studies the trope of the crocodile bird in its evolution from antiquity to the present day. The story tells of the mutualistic behaviour between the Nile crocodile and an Egyptian bird, typically known as the trochilus . The trope has a complex history: primarily known from classical wri...

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Main Author: Prada, Luigi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2023
In: Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde
Year: 2023, Volume: 150, Issue: 1, Pages: 101-129
Further subjects:B Hebrew literature
B crocodile
B Tradition
B reception of
B Egypt
B textual culture
B Papyrus
B demotic studies
B awareness of
B Visual Culture
B Herodotus
B bird
B Classical literature
B Arabic Literature
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