04.08.06

Quote

Posted in General, Quotes at 12:19 pm

From my Near East 240 lecture on Thursday:

“And the Egyption god Ra…he basically masturbates the universe into existence.”
–Scott Noegel, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations professor

2 Comments

  1. Layora said,

    04.11.06 at 1:28 am

    I’ve often thought that (not in those words exactly) about a lot of the creation myths of ancient civilizations. yucky

  2. Matt said,

    04.11.06 at 1:46 am

    That wasn’t a figure of speech…that’s seriously what the Egyptian account says.

    Most creation accounts from the Near East contribute creation to some sort of sexual activity…usually the mating of two separate deities. The Egyptians were a little more creative.