The Ancient Egyptian Origin of a Transcultural Trope, across Classical, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions

Summary The article studies the trope of crocodile bird in its evolution from antiquity to present day. story tells mutualistic behaviour between Nile and an Egyptian bird, typically known as trochilus . has a complex history: primarily classical writers, it spread fact Jewish Islamic traditions, too. is universally thought be invention Herodotus. But demotic papyrus, here published for first time, proves that true origin ancient culture.