I wonder what the motivations Anpu's wife has to betray Bata. Was she so ashamed of being rejected by him that she decided to make sure he was killed by his own brother? Also, I don't really understand the cultural significance of the raiment. It didn't seem like such a big deal (for both parties).
Here again is another example of a woman being portrayed only as a source of conflict, and then being tossed aside by her husband. Are there stories in Egyptian or other myth that have more favorable women characters? Also, it is worth noting that the two wives are not given names, signaling their lack of importance as characters.
The Book of Thoth
From the first part, it seems like this is going to be a classic story of the young, naive fool who dreams for too much and pays dearly for it. I hope that something different happens, but I don't think it's likely.
I wasn't aware that Nefer-ka-ptah was so skilled in magic. For a story, it would be cool to modernize his quest for a powerful book, but instead of godly powers it could deal with secrets of some famous author or something.
I had no idea that the ancient Egyptians loved beer so much.
These stories read much like a fairy tale, with much parallelism in the sentence structure.
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