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
He (_i.e._, the deceased) saith: “Praise be unto thee, O Rā, praise be
unto thee, O Tem, in thy splendid progress. Thou hast risen and thou hast
put on strength, and thou settest like a living being amid thy glories in
the horizon of Amentet, in thy domain which is in Manu. Thy uræus-goddess
is behind thee; thy uræus-goddess is behind thee. Hail to thee, in peace;
hail to thee, in peace. Thou joinest thyself unto the Eye of Horus, and
thou hidest thyself within its secret place; it destroyeth for thee all
the convulsions of thy face, it maketh thee strong with life, and thou
livest. It bindeth its protecting amulets behind thy members. Thou sailest
forth over heaven, and thou makest the earth to be stablished; thou
joinest thyself unto the upper heaven, O Luminary. The two regions of the
East and West make adoration unto thee, bowing low and paying homage unto
thee, and they praise thee day by day; the gods of Amentet rejoice in thy
splendid beauties. The hidden places adore thee, the aged ones make
offerings unto thee, and they create for thee protecting powers. The
divine beings who dwell in the eastern and western horizons transport
thee, and those who are in the _Sektet_ boat convey thee round and about.
The Souls of Amentet cry out unto thee and say unto thee when they meet
thy majesty (Life, Health, Strength!), ‘All hail, all hail!’ When thou
comest forth in peace there arise shouts of delight to thee, O thou lord
of heaven, thou Prince of Amentet. Thy mother Isis embraceth thee, and in
thee she recognizeth her son, the lord of fear, the mighty one of terror.
Thou settest as a living being within the dark portal. Thy father Tatunen
lifteth thee up and he stretcheth out his two hands behind thee; thou
becomest a divine being in the earth. Thou wakest as thou settest, and thy
habitation is in Manu. Grant thou that I may be venerated before Osiris,
and come thou [to me], O Rā-Tem. Since thou hast been adored [by me] that
which I wish thou shalt do for me day by day. Grant thou victory [unto me]
before the great company of the gods, O Rā who art doubly beautiful in thy
horizon of Amentet, thou lord of Maāt who dwellest in the horizon. The
fear of thee is great, thy forms are majestic, and the love of thee is
great among those who dwell in the underworld.”
Hymn To The Setting Sun
[From a Papyrus of the nineteenth dynasty preserved at Dublin (see
Naville, “Todtenbuch,” Bd. I. Bl. 19).]
A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA-HERU-KHUTI (RA-HARMACHIS) WHEN HE SETTETH IN THE
WESTERN PART OF HEAVEN. He (_i.e._, the deceased) saith:
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