Osiris was considered the first king of Egypt after the creation of the universe, and he is often depicted in art holding the crook and flail, a symbol associated with kingship, guidance of the people and fertility of the land.
The sheep named Lawyer entered, flashing on one flank a henna-painted Louis Vuitton logo and a 16 (the postal code for Algiers), and on the other, the crude outline of a medieval flail.
I observed, here and there, many in the habit of servants, with a blown bladder, fastened like a flail to the end of a stick, which they carried in their hands.