rassen

Updated: June 4, 2025

I think that the first Rassen, the general of Alexander, must have brought the practice here from Egypt. Of this Macedonian Alexander I could tell thee much, for he was almost a contemporary of mine, and when I last was born the world still rang with the fame of his great deeds.

Henry Rider Haggard - Ayesha, the Return of She

But the real god of this people now, as long before the day of Rassen their conqueror, is the fire that dwells in this same Mountain, which from time to time breaks out and slays them." "And does a goddess dwell in the fire?" I asked. Again he searched my face with his cold eyes, then answered "Stranger Holly, I know nothing of any goddess.

Henry Rider Haggard - Ayesha, the Return of She

Now I will bandage it, and within some few weeks the bone will be as sound again as it was before you met the Khan Rassen hunting in the Plains. By the way, you will see him again soon, and his fair wife with him." "See him again? Do the dead, then, come to life upon this Mountain?" "Nay, but certain of them are brought hither for burial.

Henry Rider Haggard - Ayesha, the Return of She

Now it was the turn of the high-priest Oros. "Mother," he said, "thou hast heard. Balance the writings, assess the truth, and according to thy wisdom, issue thy commands. Shall we hurl him who was Rassen feet first into the fiery gulf, that he may walk again in the paths of life, or head first, in token that he is dead indeed?"

Henry Rider Haggard - Ayesha, the Return of She