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Originally posted by Lamin.G:
The Rainmaker King...

It was present in Kemet, and other Africans have been known to adopt it...but how does this concept apply to cultures outside of Africa, in relation to its purpose/meaning in Kemet?

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Originally posted by YuhiVII:
What exactly is the rainmaker king concept? And how does it relate to dynastic ancient Egypt?

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Originally posted by YuhiVII:
Thanks Ausar for opening up this thread again. My previous question stands: what exactly is the rainmaker king concept and how is it related to ancient Egypt?

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But although the purely archeological evidence might appear to
demonstrate a parallel development in the two areas,we know that in
fact this,though superfically existing in material culture,was not
the product of indentical societies,nor was it leading to such state
of affairs. In Mesopotamiathe beginnings of little independent city-
states under tutelary gods,rulers,councils and assemblies are
perceptible,though later to be submerged in a familar patter of
oriental despotism,but in Egypt from the beginning we are able to
glimpse that essentially African figure,the omnipotent,rainmaking,god-
king]'The perhistoric cheiftain,a rainmaker and medicine-man,with
magic power over the weather and therefore able to keep his people in
health and prosperity' becomes with the founding of the first ,'the
Pharoah ,a divine king being in command over the Nile and able to
substain and protect the notion'

page 9

Cyril Aldred
Egypt to the End of the Old Kingdom