Neferkaptah
human_specialist Egyptian single tradition · 1
Neferkaptah is an Egyptian prince who stole the Book of Thoth. As punishment for his theft from Thoth, the gods killed his wife Ahwere and son Merab. Neferkaptah committed suicide and was entombed along with the book, and his ghost opposed Setne Khaemwaset's theft of the book.
When
- First attested
- 300 BCE
- Attested period
- -300 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in a demotic Ptolemaic papyrus.
Relationships
- consort of
- Ahwere
- parent of
- Merab
- enemy of
- Setne Khaemwaset
- manifests as
- ghosts
- co occurs with
- Thoth
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“The Egyptian prince Neferkaptah fought the serpents and retrieved the book, but in punishment for his theft from Thoth, the gods killed his wife Ahwere and son Merab. Neferkaptah committed suicide and was entombed along with the book. Generations later, the story's protagonist, Setne Khaemwaset”
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