What Is The 'Curse Of The Nile'? The Copypasta Meme Explained

The Pharoah's Curse continues to inspire copycat memes on the internet, with people now casting the Curse of the Nile onto others at the drop of a hat.

While Pharoah's Curse memes remixed videos from Cinnamon Challenge videos of 2012 to make it appear as though "cursed" people were spewing orange dust from their mouths, the Curse of a Nile takes a more straightforward route to inciting fear into the reader. Here's where all the memes began.

What Inspired The 'Curse of the Nile' Memes?

The "Curse of the Nile" comes in the wake of the devastation left by the "Pharoah's Curse." Also known as the "Curse of Ra," memes about the Pharoah's Curse typically remixed videos of people trying to eat a spoonful of cinnamon as part of a viral 2012 internet trend called the Cinnamon Challenge.

But the Pharoah's curse is not the only influence on the Curse of the Nile meme; copypastas like the Amharic Curse and general L+Ratio style comments also played a role in the creation of the hieroglyphic copypasta.

What Is The Origin Of The 'Curse of the Nile' Meme?

The origin of the 'Curse of the Nile' meme appears to be the comment section of an as-of-now unknown Instagram post. After an Instagram user posted a set of hieroglyphics saying, "L + dont care + CURSE OF THE NILE ‼️ ‼️" a screenshot of the interaction was posted to Tumblr.

L + dont care + CURSE OF THE NILE ‼️ ‼️
𓀔𓀇𓀅𓀋𓀡𓀡𓀕𓀠𓀧𓀨𓀣𓀷𓀷𓀿𓀿𓁀𓁶𓁰
𓁴𓁿𓂀𓁾𓁵𓁯𓂞𓂤𓂗𓃃𓂾𓂺𓂹
𓃞𓃙𓃖𓃓𓃕𓃓𓃜𓃘𓃙𓃟𓃛𓃞
𓂺𓃂𓂿𓂺𓃃𓃂𓂛𓂏𓅱𓅥𓅩𓅦
𓅹𓅸𓅳𓅩𓅪𓄭𓄫𓄮𓄬𓄗𓄑𓄌𓃦
𓃧𓃨𓃤𓃟𓃓𓃅𓃁𓂽𓃂𓂊𓁾𓂀𓁽
𓁼𓁠𓁛𓁟𓁦𓁜𓁭𓁡𓀔𓀇𓀅𓀋𓀡𓀡𓀕𓀠𓀧𓀨𓀣
𓀷𓀷𓀿𓀿𓁀𓁶𓁰𓁴𓁿𓂀𓁾𓁵𓁯𓂞𓂤𓂗
𓃃𓂾𓂺𓂹𓃞𓃙𓃖𓃓𓃕𓃓𓃜
𓃘𓃙𓃟𓃛𓃞𓂺𓃂𓂿𓂺𓃃𓃂
𓂛𓂏𓅱𓅥𓅩𓅦𓅹𓅸𓅳𓅩𓅪𓄭𓄫𓄮
𓄬𓄗𓄑𓄌𓃦𓃧𓃨𓃤𓃟𓃓𓃅𓃁
𓂽𓃂𓂊𓁾𓂀𓁽𓁼𓁠𓁛𓁟𓁦𓁜𓁭𓁡𓀔𓀇𓀅
𓀋𓀡𓀡𓀕𓀠𓀧𓀨𓀣𓀷𓀷𓀿𓀿𓁀𓁶𓁰𓁴𓁿
𓂀𓁾𓁵𓁯𓂞𓂤𓂗𓃃𓂾𓂺𓂹𓃞𓃙
𓃖𓃓𓃕𓃓𓃜𓃘𓃙𓃟𓃛𓃞𓂺𓃂

How Did 'Curse of the Nile' Memes Spread?

Edits and reposts of the aforementioned Instagram comment began spreading online, often with the image remixed and edited for some additional pizazz. Soon after that, the copypasta began to make an appearance on TikTok.

For the full history of the Curse of the Nile, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.