Egypte - Legends Of The Gods - THE LEGEND OF THE DEATH OF HORUS THROUGH THE STING OF A SCORPION
ANOTHER CHAPTER.
Say the [following] words:--
"O Ra-[Khuti], come to thy daughter. O Shu, come to thy wife. O Isis,
come to thy sister, and deliver her from the evil poison which is in
all her members. Hail, O ye gods, come ye and overthrow ye the evil
poison which is in all the members of the Cat which is under the knife.
"Hail, O aged one, who renewest thy youth in thy season, thou old man
who makest thyself to be a boy, grant thou that Thoth may come to me at
[the sound of] my voice, and behold, let him turn back from me Netater.
Osiris is on the water, the Eye of Horus is with him. A great
Beetle spreadeth himself over him, great by reason of his grasp,
produced by the gods from a child. He who is over the water appeareth
in a healthy form. If he who is over the water shall be approached
(or, attacked), the Eye of Horus, which weepeth, shall be approached.
"Get ye back, O ye who dwell in the water, crocodiles, fish, that
Enemy, male dead person and female dead person, male fiend and female
fiend, of every kind whatsoever, lift not up your faces, O ye who dwell
in the waters, ye crocodiles and fish. When Osiris journeyeth over
you, permit ye him to go to Busiris. Let your nostrils [be closed],
your throats stopped up.
"Get ye back, Seba fiends! Lift ye not up your faces against him that
is on the water . . . . . Osiris-Ra, riseth up in his Boat to look at
the gods of Kher-ahat, and the Lords of the Tuat stand up to slay thee
when [thou] comest, O Neha-her, against Osiris. [When] he is on the
water the Eye of Horus is over him to turn your faces upside down and
to set you on your backs.
"Hail, ye who dwell in the water, crocodiles and fish, Ra shutteth up
your mouths, Sekhet stoppeth up your throats, Thoth cutteth out your
tongues, and {cont} Heka blindeth your eyes. These are the four great
gods who protect Osiris by their magical power, and they effect the
protection of him that is on the water, of men and women of every kind,
and of beasts and animals of every kind which are on the water by day.
Protected are those who dwell in the waters, protected is the sky
wherein is Ra, protected is the great god who is in the sarcophagus,
protected is he who is on the water.
"A voice [which] crieth loudly is in the House of Net (Neith), a loud
voice is in the Great House, a great outcry from the mouth of the Cat.
The gods and the goddesses say, 'What is it? What is it?' [It]
concerneth the Abtu Fish which is born. Make to retreat from me thy
footsteps, O Sebau fiend. I am Khnemu, the Lord of Her-urt. Guard
thyself again from the attack which is repeated, besides this which
thou hast done in the presence of the Great Company of the gods. Get
thee back, retreat thou from me. I am the god. Oh, Oh, O [Ra], hast
thou not heard the voice which cried out loudly until the evening on
the bank of Netit, the voice of all the gods and goddesses which cried
out loudly, the outcry concerning the wickedness which thou hast done,
O wicked Sebau fiend? Verily the lord Ra thundered and growled
thereat, and he ordered thy slaughter to be carried out. Get thee
back, Seba fiend! Hail! Hail!"
Egypte - Legends Of The Gods - THE LEGEND OF THE DEATH OF HORUS THROUGH THE STING OF A SCORPION
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