The Mummy's Foot and Other Stories by Theophile Gautier, Fiction, Classics, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

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In this intriguing tale, Princess Hermonthis brings a young man to her burial site, where he seeks her father's blessing for marriage. However, the father declines, worrying about the young man's fleeting life compared to his daughter's three-thousand-year existence.