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Not known for its historical accuracy, alongside an obsidian Book of the Dead, flesh-eating scarabs, and views of the pyramids of Giza from everywhere in Egypt, the film features the ‘Hom-Dai’, a fictional curse that traps its recipient in a state between life and death.
[The Mummy 1999] What exactly made the Hom-Dai curse so terrible? It's said to be the worst of the ancient curses, but all we're shown is the sole recipient of said curse kicking ass, taking names, and throwing plagues around like candy.
Sure, Imhotep committed high treason, he was unhinged, and an unrivalled sorcerer. But was the Hom-dai really necessary? Wouldn't a simple execution have worked? Did the Medjai not understand the stakes of cursing Imhotep with the Hom-dai?
Imhotep, meanwhile, is condemned to endure the Curse of the Hom-Dai: the ritual involves cutting out his tongue, mummifying him alive, and sealing him in a sarcophagus filled with carnivorous scarab beetles.
The Hom-Dai curse was an ancient malediction created by the ancient high priests of Egypt as a punishment reserved for blasphemers. It is described as "the worst of all ancient Egyptian curses. One so horrible, it had never before been bestowed."
10 sty 2022 · Although sensational, the Hom-Dai ritual as shown in the film is completely fictional. The use of Egyptian antiquities Throughout the film, Egyptian objects housed in museums and similar institutions exist frequently only for the viewing enjoyment of Western audiences.
22 lip 2017 · The end of the first act sees Arnold Vosloo’s Imhotep character being cursed with the ‘Hom Dai’ and being mummified alive alongside his priests. Due to ancient Egyptian decorum and secrecy we don’t know exactly how mummification was actually performed, however through mummy research and experimental archaeology we do have a good idea of ...
