| Nile – Hittite Dung Incantation Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| I remember reading about this on the album sleeve. This isn't exact, but be (Karl) talks about how in ancient Mesopotamian society (or maybe Egypt), there were witch doctors (Hittite) who would prescribe animal faeces in order to protect people from evil spirits, as well as for other medical properties. It seems like Karl is trying to say how silly this looks in retrospect, in modern times. But back then, they really believed this! He mentions a scene in the movie Step Brothers were two guys are forced to eat dog faeces as a joke/prank/punishment and everybody laughs at them. Karl suggests that maybe that's how the Hittite felt, i.e. they knew full well it wouldn't work but found it amusing watching people smear themselves in dung. | |
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