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Lethe, whole no. 5, January 1947
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assume another form. Desiring to be near the queen, Lykos enters the physical abode of the Pharaoh. He tried to make known his identity to Tharmis, but cannot due to the restrictions placed upon him long ago by Ate, the Goddess of Discord, when he was given his human form. Queen Tharmis, aware that he Pharaoh-husband poisoned Lykos, in turn poisons the Pharaoh, who is really Lykos. (Follow me?) During his dying moments, the Pharaoh---er, --- I mean Lykos, is no longer under the compulsion not to reveal his identity, and he tells Tharmis who he is. Tharmis is horrified at what she has done, but it is too late now. The death of the Pharaoh, Phenkaton, excites the populace, and those opposing the throne having discovered that the royal heir is not legitimate, kill the brat and its unworthy mother, and rouse the people to revolt. Through this melee the spirit of Lykos has remained disembodied, but during the dying moments of Queen Tharmis he enters the body of a friend of his in the "Scarlet Guard" just long enough to deal the death blow to a priest who instigate the revolt and killed the child, thus enabling Tharmis to know revenge before she died, and also to avenge the slaying of his son. Then Lykor, in the body of the soldier, kills himself in order to liberate his spirit again. Just what happens to all the spirits of these persons whom Lykos enters, the author never bothers to explain. Tired of human life now that he has lost his Queen and her enemies have usurped the throne, Lykos decided to enter a grain of wheat and live a peaceful existence. By an odd coincidence, this particular grain of wheat is later chosen, with others, to be placed in a jar accompanying Pharaoh Phenkaton's mummy to the tomb, which places Lykos in a grave predicament. Lykos remains for centuries imprisoned in the grain of wheat, until some explorers chance upon the Pharaoh's tomb. One of the men, seeing the wheat, breaks off a stalk to retain as a souvenir. You guessed it. He broke off the grain of wheat containing Lykos' spirit, which freed our little faun from centuries of imprisonment. At the conclusion of the story, we see Lykos entering into the body of the younger and more robust of the explorers, and anticipating a journey to the United States. Some faun, eh? November 28th '46 [image of a pyramid] page eleven
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assume another form. Desiring to be near the queen, Lykos enters the physical abode of the Pharaoh. He tried to make known his identity to Tharmis, but cannot due to the restrictions placed upon him long ago by Ate, the Goddess of Discord, when he was given his human form. Queen Tharmis, aware that he Pharaoh-husband poisoned Lykos, in turn poisons the Pharaoh, who is really Lykos. (Follow me?) During his dying moments, the Pharaoh---er, --- I mean Lykos, is no longer under the compulsion not to reveal his identity, and he tells Tharmis who he is. Tharmis is horrified at what she has done, but it is too late now. The death of the Pharaoh, Phenkaton, excites the populace, and those opposing the throne having discovered that the royal heir is not legitimate, kill the brat and its unworthy mother, and rouse the people to revolt. Through this melee the spirit of Lykos has remained disembodied, but during the dying moments of Queen Tharmis he enters the body of a friend of his in the "Scarlet Guard" just long enough to deal the death blow to a priest who instigate the revolt and killed the child, thus enabling Tharmis to know revenge before she died, and also to avenge the slaying of his son. Then Lykor, in the body of the soldier, kills himself in order to liberate his spirit again. Just what happens to all the spirits of these persons whom Lykos enters, the author never bothers to explain. Tired of human life now that he has lost his Queen and her enemies have usurped the throne, Lykos decided to enter a grain of wheat and live a peaceful existence. By an odd coincidence, this particular grain of wheat is later chosen, with others, to be placed in a jar accompanying Pharaoh Phenkaton's mummy to the tomb, which places Lykos in a grave predicament. Lykos remains for centuries imprisoned in the grain of wheat, until some explorers chance upon the Pharaoh's tomb. One of the men, seeing the wheat, breaks off a stalk to retain as a souvenir. You guessed it. He broke off the grain of wheat containing Lykos' spirit, which freed our little faun from centuries of imprisonment. At the conclusion of the story, we see Lykos entering into the body of the younger and more robust of the explorers, and anticipating a journey to the United States. Some faun, eh? November 28th '46 [image of a pyramid] page eleven
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