The Scorpion God

The Scorpion God

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author = William Golding
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Novella
publisher = Faber & Faber
release_date = 1971
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 55 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-571-10232-8
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"The Scorpion God" is a novella by William Golding, published in a collection of the same name, along with Clonk Clonk (1971) and Envoy Extraordinary (1956).

The three novellas all explore themes about early societies which have characteristics that echo down the years to our own time.

The Scorpion God is set in Ancient Egypt in pre-Pharonic times. It is set in the court of a failing ruler "Great House", who is treated as a living god, responsible for ensuring that the sky is held up and that the River Nile floods every year to bring water for the crops. Great House's young son is going blind and does not want to succeed his father. Nor does he want to marry his older sister, as he is expected to do. "The Liar" - the ruler's favourite - is a kind of court jester employed to tell Great House incredible (but largely true) stories about the world outside the small piece of the Nile Valley that they call home.


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