Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
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Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
Egyptian literature -- Translations into English
I am Un-nefer, from one season even unto
another, and what I have is within me; [I am] the only One, who proceedeth
from an only One who goeth round about in his course. I am he who dwelleth
in the _Utchat_, no evil thing of any form or kind shall spring up against
me, and no baleful object, and no harmful thing, and no disastrous thing
shall happen unto me. I open the door in heaven, I govern my throne, and I
open up [the way] for the births [which take place] on this day. I am (?)
the child who marcheth along the road of Yesterday. [I am] To-day for
untold nations and peoples. I am he who protecteth you for millions of
years, and whether ye be denizens of the heavens, or of the earth, or of
the south, or of the north, or of the east, or of the west, the fear of me
is in your bodies. I am he whose being has been moulded in his eye, and I
shall not die again. My moment is in your bodies, but my forms are in my
place of habitation. I am he who cannot be known, but the Red Ones have
their faces directed toward me. I am the unveiled one. The season wherein
[the god] created the heavens for me and enlarged the bounds of the earth
and made great the progeny thereof cannot be found out; but they fail and
are not united [again]. My name setteth itself apart from all things [and
from] the great evil [which is in] the mouths [of men] by reason of the
speech which I address unto you. I am he who riseth and shineth, the wall
which cometh out of a wall, an only One who proceedeth from an only One.
There is never a day that passeth without the things which appertain unto
him being therein; passing, passing, passing, passing. Verily I say unto
thee, I am the Sprout which cometh forth from Nu, and my Mother is Nut.
Hail, O my Creator, I am he who hath no power to walk, the great Knot who
is within yesterday. The might of my strength is within my hand. I myself
am not known, but I am he who knoweth thee. I cannot be held with the
hand, but I am he who can hold thee in his hand. Hail, O Egg! Hail, O Egg!
I am Horus who lives for millions of years, whose flame shineth upon you
and bringeth your hearts to me. I have the command of my throne and I
advance at this season, I have opened a path, and I have delivered myself
from all evil things. I am the dog-headed ape of gold three palms and two
fingers [high], which hath neither arms nor legs and dwelleth in
Het-ka-Ptah (Memphis), and I go forth as goeth forth the dog-headed ape
that dwelleth in Het-ka-Ptah.”
Air And Water
[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 12).]
THE CHAPTER OF SNUFFING THE AIR AND OF HAVING THE MASTERY OVER THE WATER
IN THE UNDERWORLD. The overseer of the palace, the chancellor-in-chief,
Nu, triumphant, saith:
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