A Tale of the White Pyramid
- A Tale of the White Pyramid
A Tale of the White Pyramid is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published on 22 December 1892 in The Hesperian [Willa Cather's Collected Short Fiction, University of Nebraska Press; Rev Ed edition, 1 Nov 1970, page 540] .
Plot summary
Kakau tells about the death of Senefrau the First: his body was sealed into a sarcophagus. As a result, Kufu, the new King, is to have another pyramid built.
Characters
*Kakau, son of Ramenko.
*Ramenko, a 'high priest of Phatahah.
*Rui, Kakau's uncle.
*Senefrau the First, a King, now dead.
*Kufu, the new king after Senefrau the First.
Allusions to other works
*Egyptian mythology is mentioned through Osiris, Isis, Khem.
References
External links
* [http://libtextcenter.unl.edu/cather/writings/shortfiction/pyramid.html Full text]
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