Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
Religion
Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
Egyptian literature -- Translations into English
[ANOTHER CHAPTER OF] THE MYSTERY OF THE TUAT (UNDERWORLD) AND OF PASSING
THROUGH THE UNSEEN NETHERWORLD, and of seeing the Disk when he setteth in
Amentet, [when] he is adored by the gods and by the _Khu_s in the
underworld, and [when] the Soul which dwelleth in Rā is made perfect. He
is made mighty before Tem; he is made great before Osiris; he setteth his
terror before the company of the gods who are the guides of the
netherworld; he maketh long (?) his steps and he maketh his face to enter
(?) [with that of] the great god. Now every _Khu_, for whom these words
shall have been said, shall come forth by day in any form which he is
pleased to take; he shall gain power among the gods of the Tuat
(underworld), and they shall recognize him as one of themselves; and he
shall enter in at the hidden gate with power.
The lady Mut-hetep, victorious, singeth hymns of praise to thee [saying]:
“O Rā-Tem, in thy splendid progress thou risest, and thou settest as a
living being in the glories of the western horizon; thou settest in thy
territory which is in Manu.(9) Thy uræus is behind thee, thy uræus is
behind thee. Homage to thee, O thou who art in peace, homage to thee, O
thou who art in peace. Thou art joined unto the Eye of Tem, and it
chooseth its powers of protection [to place] behind thy members. Thou
goest forth through heaven, thou travellest over the earth, and thou
journeyest onward. O Luminary, the northern and southern halves of heaven
come to thee and they bow low in adoration, and they pay homage unto thee,
day by day. The gods of Amentet rejoice in thy beauties and the unseen
places sing hymns of praise unto thee. Those who dwell in the _Sektet_
boat go round about thee, and the Souls of the East pay homage to thee,
and when they meet thy Majesty they cry: ‘Come, come in peace!’ There is a
shout of welcome to thee, O lord of heaven and governor of Amentet! Thou
art acknowledged by Isis who seeth her son in thee, the lord of fear, the
mighty one of terror. Thou settest as a living being in the hidden place.
Thy father [Ta-]tunen raiseth thee up and he placeth both his hands behind
thee; thou becomest endowed with divine attributes in [thy] members of
earth; thou wakest in peace and thou settest in Manu.(10) Grant thou that
I may become a being honored before Osiris, and that I may come to thee, O
Rā-Tem! I have adored thee, therefore do thou for me that which I wish.
Grant thou that I may be victorious in the presence of the company of the
gods. Thou are beautiful, O Rā, in thy western horizon of Amentet, thou
lord of Maāt, thou mighty one of fear, thou whose attributes are majestic,
O thou who art greatly beloved by those who dwell in the Tuat
(underworld); thou shinest with thy beams upon the beings that are therein
perpetually, and thou sendest forth thy light upon the path of Re-stau.
Thou openest up the path of the double Lion-god, thou settest the gods
upon [their] thrones, and the _Khu_s in their abiding places. The heart of
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