Theory VII – The Heart of the Sun
This theory is on the subject of the Kharid-ib, which I consider to effectively be the ninth Menaphite God.
It has two parts. Firstly, it seems like the Kharid-ib serves, in part, as the divine right to rule of whoever guards it. It’s a big, VERY important, and somewhat divine gem, and having it would signify that you effectively have the right to rule over the Desert second only to the Gods themselves. We have no idea why the Mirzas have it (I assume their spy ring stole it for them), but Menaphos has wanted it ever since.
But secondly (and more importantly), the Kharid-ib appears to actually be the heart of Tumeken. It is also sentient (which probably has numerous implications, but I don’t fully know what they would be), and it definitely does NOT want to fall into the hands of Amascut (woops).
I made a theory earlier that Tumeken was mummified, which means that one of the most important parts that would have had to be removed was his heart. To the Ancient Egyptians, the heart contained one of the five parts of the soul - the part known as the Ib (Kharid-ib). The other four parts are the Ren (name) Sheut (personality), Ka (vital spark) and Akh which can best be only vaguely described as “essence”. These other four parts were possibly channeled into the lesser deities.
In order to restore him, much like Senliten, his heart (and the other four lesser deities) will need to return, and his tomb would need to be restored. Even if my mummification theory IS wrong, it is very fair to assume that to restore Tumeken, we would need his heart.
We don’t know of the other powers the Heart possesses (besides being the noisiest gem in existence), but if it is the soul of Tumeken, it’s fair to assume there’d be more.
According to RuneFest 2016, Tumeken may be buried in Menaphos! Perhaps this confirms the Tumeken Burial theory?! ^ "Some of those words were
STUPID.
" - Mod Raven
13-Apr-2016 01:54:20 - Last edited on 18-Sep-2016 17:06:30 by Captain Lime