Two Brothers Odyssey

A Tale of Two Brothers is a myth, which was written in ancient Egypt in the nineteenth dynasty BCE. This myth consists of two brothers Anubis and Batau, who overcame certain difficulties in their lives that tested their familial bond. A Tale of Two Brothers demonstrated the ideas of what goes around comes around, and revenge is bittersweet. In an epic named The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus is returning home from the Trojan War, yet his journey is prolonged as he faces numerous obstacles from the gods and struggles with his desire to pillage every town he encounters. The cultural values from A Tale of Two Brothers and The Odyssey are similar in how their lessons consist of anti-women and the importance of the relationship with the gods. However, these cultural values also differ in how A Tale of Two Brothers believes
Both A Tale of Two Brothers and The Odyssey teach how women result in one’s destruction. In A Tale of Two Brothers, women are portrayed as lying, unfaithful sex fiends and materialistic. Anubis’ wife is seen as disloyal as “her heart grew very desirous” (2). She said, “Let us enjoy an hour of sex. I will do many favors for you and will make you two beautiful garments,” (2). Anubis’ wife attempts to cheat on her husband with his younger brother and even tries to bribe him with garments for him to have sex with her. Later on, she wrecks havoc on the relationship between Anubis and Batau once she accuses Batau of beating and raping her. This accusation led to Anubis believing his wife and going after Batau to kill him in the barn. Batau was also dealt the same cards as his brother since he also had an unfaithful wife. “The promises from the Pharaoh plus gifts of clothes, jewelry and all those nice things that women love” (6) resulted in Batau’s wife leaving her husband for the Pharaoh.