try to pass Mayte off as an Egyptian princess? I have read this several times on this board. What exactly did he say or do to make people think that he was trying to make her something that she really wasn't?

it was all hype/part of the mythology around the symbol album, which was meant to have a crypto-fictional "plot" like an opera or a movie. it was a character he had created for her.

It was just part of the storyline for the 'rock opera' that was the album, and subsequently the 3 Chains O' Gold 'movie'.

Gotcha....folks made it seem like he literally tried to pass her off as Egyptian princess and not as part of an act.

Well, first thing he saw was a video tape of her belly-dancing, and that's quite ...oriental