The Mummy's Foot (French: Le Pied de momie) is a horror short story by the French writer Théophile Gautier, first published in 1840. It relates the fantastical tale of a contemporary man and the adventures which befall him when he ventures into a Parisian curiosity shop and buys the four-thousand-year-old foot of Princess Hermonthis.
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Original title | "Le Pied de momie"
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Translator | Lafcadio Hearn
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Country | France
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Language | French
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Publication type | periodical
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Publication date | September 1840
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