I was just rereading my chapter Riddle of the Sphinx in the book I'm writing OMGdess. In Greek, Sphinx means to strangle, same root as asphyxiate. It became the Greek she-monster, the devouring mother. What we call the Sphinx was the Goddess Mehit, lioness guardian of the Nile, after she was defaced into a phucking Pharaoh. And Pharaoh is heiro with an f--heiro being the original spelling of Aryan, leading to hierarchy and hieroglyphs.
I might be misremembering this myth, but once you're talking to the Sphinx, don't you have to answer the riddle to either go forward *or* back? Are the Rats trapped?
It will cost the amount of gunpowder required to remove the sphinx and then proceed.
But is it guarding anything good if it talks like that?
Sphinxie boy is only trying to help us for crying out loud, gotta be team players here. Next stop is the pyramids (with the eyeball on top).
Then it should be called a Cesterton. 🤣🤣🤣
The diet of the sphinx is known, that and they're part cat, so the question is understandable cruelty.
I was just rereading my chapter Riddle of the Sphinx in the book I'm writing OMGdess. In Greek, Sphinx means to strangle, same root as asphyxiate. It became the Greek she-monster, the devouring mother. What we call the Sphinx was the Goddess Mehit, lioness guardian of the Nile, after she was defaced into a phucking Pharaoh. And Pharaoh is heiro with an f--heiro being the original spelling of Aryan, leading to hierarchy and hieroglyphs.
So Rat is right to be wary.
I might be misremembering this myth, but once you're talking to the Sphinx, don't you have to answer the riddle to either go forward *or* back? Are the Rats trapped?
Variability of stories suggests there were multiple witnesses to at least most famous Sphinx encounters; which suggests it was possible to walk away.
Also, Rat is obviously not responding to Sphinx but talking to Cousin. :)
Good decision. Home sweet home it is
what society
when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?"
They only answer, "More, more, more"
(Credence)