Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian Texts, edited with TranslationsBudge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir
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Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations
Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir
Egyptian literature -- Translations into English; Mythology, Egyptian
[FN#142] This may also represent the mountainous districts of Egypt,
or even foreign countries in general.
[FN#143] To make him rise like the sun, or to enthrone him.
Thou rollest up into the horizon, thou settest the light above the
darkness, thou illuminest [the Two Lands] with the light from thy two
plumes, thou floodest the Two Lands like the Disk at the beginning of
the dawn. Thy White Crown pierceth the height of heaven saluting the
stars,[FN#144] thou art the guide of every god. Thou art
perfect[FN#145] in command and word. Thou art the favoured one of the
Great Company of the Gods, and thou art the beloved one of the Little
Company of the Gods.
[FN#144] Or, "becoming a brother to the stars," or the Star-gods.
[FN#145] Or, beneficent.
Thy sister [Isis] acted as a protectress to thee. She drove [thy]
enemies away, she averted seasons [of calamity from thee], she recited
the word (or, formula) with the magical power of her mouth, [being]
skilled of tongue and never halting for a word, being perfect in
command and word. Isis the magician avenged her brother. She went
about seeking for him untiringly.
She flew round and round over this earth uttering wailing cries of
grief, and she did not alight on the ground until she had found him.
She made light [to come forth] from her feathers, she made air to come
into being by means of her two wings, and she cried out the death cries
for her brother. She made to rise up the helpless members of him whose
heart was at rest, she drew from him his essence, and she made
therefrom an heir. She suckled the child in solitariness and none knew
where his place was, and he grew in strength. His hand is mighty (or,
victorious) within the house of Keb, and the Company of the Gods
rejoice greatly at the coming of Horus, the son of Osiris, whose heart
is firmly stablished, the triumphant one, the son of Isis, the flesh
and bone of Osiris. The Tchatcha[FN#146] of Truth, and the Company of
the Gods, and Neb-er-tcher[FN#147] himself, and the Lords of Truth,
gather together to him, and assemble therein.[FN#148] Verily those who
defeat iniquity rejoice[FN#149] in the House of Keb to bestow the
divine rank and dignity upon him to whom it belongeth, and the
sovereignty upon him whose it is by right.
[FN#146] Literally, the "Heads," I.e., the divine sovereign Chiefs at
the court of Osiris, who acted as administrators of the god, and even
as task-masters.
[FN#147] "He who is the lord to the end (or, limit) of the world," a
name of Osiris.
[FN#148] i.e., in the House of Keb.
[FN#149] Or perhaps "take their seats in the House of Keb."
A LEGEND OF PTAH NEFER-HETEP AND THE PRINCESS OF BEKHTEN.
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