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
"O thou who art in the cavern,[FN#227] O thou who art in the cavern. O
thou who art at the mouth of the cavern. O thou who art on the way, O
thou who art on the way. O thou who art at the mouth of the way. He
is Urmer (Mnevis) who approacheth every man and every beast. He is
like the god Sep who is in Anu (Heliopolis). He is the Scorpion-[god]
who is in the Great House (Het-ur). Bite him not, for he is Ra. Sting
him not, for he is Thoth. Shoot ye not your poison over him, for he is
Nefer-Tem. O every male serpent, O every female serpent, O every
antesh (scorpion?) which bite with your mouths, and sting with your
tails, bite ye him not with your mouths, and sting ye him not with your
tails. Get ye afar off from him, make ye not your fire to be against
him, for he is the son of Osiris. Vomit ye. [Say] four times:--
"I am Thoth, I have come from heaven to make protection of Horus, and
to drive away the poison of the scorpion which is in every member of
Horus. Thy head is to thee, Horus; it shall be stable under the Urert
Crown. Thine eye is to thee, Horus, [for] thou art Horus, the son of
Keb, the Lord of the Two Eyes, in the midst of the Company [of the
gods]. Thy nose is to thee, Horus, [for] thou art Horus the Elder, the
son of Ra, and thou shalt not inhale the fiery wind. Thine arm is to
thee, Horus, great is thy strength to slaughter the enemies of thy
father. Thy two thighs[FN#228] are to thee, Horus. Receive thou the
rank and dignity of thy father Osiris. Ptah hath balanced for thee thy
mouth on the day of thy birth. Thy heart (or, breast) is to thee,
Horus, and the Disk maketh thy protection. Thine eye is to thee,
Horus; thy right eye is like Shu, and thy left eye like Tefnut, who are
the children of Ra. Thy belly is to thee, Horus, and the Children are
the gods who are therein, and they shall not receive the essence (or,
fluid) of the scorpion. Thy strength is to thee, Horus, and the
strength of Set shall not exist against thee. Thy phallus is to thee,
Horus, and thou art Kamutef, the protector of his father, who maketh an
answer for his children in the course of every day. Thy thighs are to
thee, Horus, and thy strength shall slaughter the enemies of thy
father. Thy calves are to thee, Horus; the god Khnemu hath builded
[them], and the goddess Isis hath covered them with flesh. The soles
of thy feet are to thee, Horus, and the nations who fight with the bow
(Peti) fall under thy feet. Thou rulest the South, North, West, and
East, and thou seest like Ra. [Say] four times. And likewise him that
is under the knife."
[FN#227] Or, den or hole.
[FN#228] We ought, perhaps, to translate this as "forearms."
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