Legends Of The Egyptian Gods by E. A. Wallis Budge

Author:E. A. Wallis Budge [Budge, E. A. Wallis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-08-18T00:56:57+00:00

Legends Of The Gods

[FN#89] i.e., place of the desire of Horus.

[FN#90] The month Thoth.

[FN#91] The month Tybi.

[FN#92] The month Mekhir.

[FN#93] A mythological locality originally placed near Herakleopolis. The name means “the place where nothing grows.” Several forms of the name occur in the older literature, e.g. in the Theban Recension of the Book of the Dead.

And Heru−Behutet was in the form of a man who possessed great strength, with the face of a hawk; and he was crowned with the White Crown,[FN#94] and the Red Crown,[FN#95] and the two plumes, and the Urerit Crown, and there were two uraei upon his head. His hand grasped firmly his harpoon to slay the hippopotamus, which was [as hard] as the khenem[FN#96] stone in its mountain bed.

[FN#94] The Crown of the South.

[FN#95] The Crown of the North.

[FN#96] A kind of jasper (?).

And Ra said unto Thoth, “Indeed [Heru−]Behutet is like a Master−fighter in the slaughter of his enemies . . . .

. .”

And Thoth said unto Ra, “He shall be called 'Neb−Ahau'“ (i.e., Master− fighter); and for this reason he hath been thus called by the priest of this god unto this day.

And Isis made incantations of every kind in order to drive away the fiend Ra from An−rut−f, and from the Great God in this place. And Thoth said [unto Ra], “The priestess of this god shall be called by the name of

'Nebt−Heka' for this reason.”

And Thoth said unto Ra, “Beautiful, beautiful is this place wherein thou hast taken up thy seat, keeping watch, as for a king, over the Great God who is in An−rut−f[FN#97] in peace.”

[FN#97] i.e., Osiris.

And Thoth said, “This Great House in this place shall therefore be called 'Ast−Nefert'[FN#98] from this day.

It is situated to the south−west of the city of Nart, and [covereth] a space of four schoinoi.” And Ra Heru−Behutet said unto Thoth, “Hast thou not searched through this water for the enemy?” And Thoth said,

“The water of the God−house in this place shall be called by the name of 'Heh' (i.e., sought out).” And Ra said, “Thy ship, O Heru−Behutet, is great (?) upon Ant−mer (?) . . . . . . And Thoth said, “The name of [thy ship] shall be called 'Ur', and this stream shall be called 'Ant−mer (?).'“ As concerning (or, now) the place Ab−Bat (?) is situated on the shore of the water. “Ast−nefert” is the name of the Great house, “Neb− Aha” [is the name of] the priest . . . . . . . . is the name of the priestess, “Heh” is the name of the lake . . . . . . . [is the name] of the water, “Am−her−net” is the name of the holy (?) acacia tree, “Neter het” is the name of the domain of the god, “Uru” is the name of the sacred boat, the gods therein are Heru−Behutet, the smiter of the lands, Horus, the son of Isis [and] Osiris . . . . . . . . his blacksmiths[FN#99] are

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