MythTickle by Justin Thompson for May 26, 2010

Too many references, too many religions, too many jokes! My Little Brain is boggled!

Hey Osiris!

Got yer nose!

Ahhh- Ma’at is gift-wrapped. ;) And I just love unwrapping gifts. I wonder if it’s safe to add there are a lot of body parts to be stuck in holes at this point.

That really puts the sigh in Osiris. Next, we’ll find out that Horus is a pimp.

I don’t know if I should be more afraid that he a living Mr. Potatoe Head…..

So who or what, uh, took him apart? Perhaps more importantly, who sent him back?

Ma’at looks so ’80s. Much as can be said about the rest of her, I’m more of an eyes man. Yipes!

If they get “Mr. PotatoHead” together PLEASE let him insult everyone and call them a Hockeypuck, I’ve always loved Don Rickles.

Skulker: Go back to Grimy Gulch (yes, I read TUMBLEWEEDS too) Don’t be a downer. I think everybody knows enough to get by. JUSTIN: Great strip.

Good research Skulker, very interesting.

So Osiris is a basket case…

(I can’t believe nobody’s made that comment yet)

That’s gotta be one of the real challenges of drawing a strip like this, illustrating some of the more violent and gory aspects of mythology ( and there’s plenty of that ) without straying into at least ‘PG-13’ territory.

Some assembly required.

Mr. Potato God!

Just don’t call in the king’s horses and the king’s men! They’d just make egg salad of Osiris. Or is that potato salad? A deviled egg?

TheDOCTOR

Where did you get “downer”???

If I didn’t enjoy this strip and the opportunities to learn something I wouldn’t be here and I wouldn’t have spent the time to research and to post. My post was an acknowledgment of both and a kudo to Justin for his talent.

Yes, one can “get by” but it’s like laughing at a joke when you don’t get the punch line. Anyone reading the back story of Osiris & Isis will appreciate the strip much, much more.

Although I don’t expect anybody to follow and read all the links that I posted I do believe that there are many here that are not as adverse to learning something new as you who will read the back story and appreciate having a much fuller experience.

Part of the art of being a know-it-all is knowing when to dial down. I myself have been told to stifle myself on this very page. It is not fatal.

I didn’t know about the local variations of Egyptian mythology–although I had heard that the Greeks had the same sort of variation. Which was one explanation of why Zeus had so many wives: each city and town had it’s own name for it’s major goddess–and of course she was Zeus’ wife there. Collate all the stories, and–Hera is surprised that Zeus doesn’t belong to the FLDS…

Wonder if Tiger could use the same excuse?

Burgundy2 I think you’re right. As for me, my knowledge of Egyptian mythology is far less than sketchy. Thanks for the acknowledgment.

mntim I hope I didn’t come across as a “know it all”. That couldn’t be farther from the truth - certainly as regards to mythology of any culture let alone Egyptian. What I was trying to do (which I apparently did not), was convey how fascinating the new found information was, how much it enhanced my enjoyment of the strip, and amazement at the wealth of information available at the touch of a few keystrokes - both the quantity as well as the ease of access.

All I did was google “Ma’at” and I instantly had this cornucopia in front of me. Wow! When I was young, computers - let alone the internet - did not exist. In to find out who Ma’at was would have entailed a trip to the school library in a different town (our town was too small to have a real library), and a search in Encyclopedia Britannica. Too much of an effort to undertake.

I have always been a math and science person yet the connectivity and resources available on the internet still amaze me. (To those of you born into the digital age this may be hard to relate.) Not inclined earlier to delve into history, culture, art, mythology, etc I now find that the internet leads me on fascinating adventures of discovery and new a appreciation for our ancestors. There are literally new worlds to discover. It is like being a kid in an intellectual candy store.

I have just returned from the “Silk Road” exhibit - mummies and artifacts from ancient burial sites recently discovered in the Tarmin Basin in NW China. 4000 years! The Egyptians had been flourishing for 8000 years before that. And mankind has been weaving cloth and baskets for 25,000 years. That is a bit much to wrap one’s mind around.

bmonk Thanks for the info. And again, thanks to google and Wikipedia I can appreciate your joke.

However, none of this helps in writing shorter posts! ;-(

Giggles! Uncontrollable giggles!

I could say so much in response to this whole thread; in fact, I did.

Let me just revise my reply to say I found it educational, ironic, and very funny.

Let’s change “know-it-all” to “lover of teachable moments”. I love teachable moments – too much.

Join the club. :)