ABSTRACT
https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315828060/49546f0e-ce84-4e70-9b40-7107f16ee305/content/ufig_l_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>ET us now turn to the story of the Queen of the Serpents, which concludes the fifth volume of Burton’s Thousand and One Nights, for in it we shall find the same framework as that used in the Triad ritual. In Burton’s translation, vol. 5, p. 298 to the end, is to be found a most curious and interesting group of stories collected under the above title, which deal with the adventures of Bulukiya and the story of Janshah. These have striking analogies with the Egyptian story of the Mariner who was Wrecked on the Island of the Ka, or Double. The name of the Queen of the Serpents was Qamlaykha, and the similarity of the last syllable to the word Ka of ancient Egypt appears to be an indication that to a large extent this story really comes from that country, though not necessarily from the exact version which we have summarised on pages 96 and 97.
