The Gods of the Egyptians Vol 1
Studies in Egyptian Mythology
by E. A. Wallis Budge | 1904 | 170,388 words
Volume 1-16 chapters including The Gods of Egypt, Primitive Gods and Nome-Gods, Hell and the Damned, Ra the Sun-God and His Forms, Hathor and the Hathor-Goddesses, The Horus Gods, and more. Includes 49 plates, 38 illustrations....
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xxvi. 21. |
Shāt The Book |
enti of |
rekh knowing |
kheperu the evolutions |
nu of |
Rā Rā, |
sekher [and] of overthrowing |
Āpep Āpep. |
tcheṭtu The words of |
Neb-er-tcher Neb-er-tcher |
tcheṭ-ƒ [which] he spake |
em-khet after |
kheper - ƒ he had come into being. |
nuk I am |
pu he who |
kheper came into being |
em Kheperȧ in the form of Kheperȧ, |
kheper-nȧ I was (or, became) |
kheper the creator |
22. |
kheperu of what came into being, |
kheper the creator |
kheperu of what came into being |
neb em-khet all; after |
my coming into being |
āsht many |
kheperu [were] the things which came into being |
em per coming forth |
em from |
re-ȧ my mouth. |
ȧn Not |
kheper pet existed heaven, |
ȧn not |
hheper ta existed earth, |
ȧn not |
qemam had been created |
satat the things of the earth, (i.e., plants) |
tcheṭfet and creeping things |
em bet in place |
pui that; |
thes - nȧ ȧm - sen I raised up them |
em from out of |
23. |
Nu Nu (i.e., the primeval abyss of water) |
em enen from a state of inactivity. |
ȧn Not |
qem-nȧ found I |
bet āḥā-nȧ a place I could stand |
ȧmi wherein. |
khut-nȧ I worked a charm |
em upon (or, with) |
ȧbt-ȧ my heart. |
senti-nȧ I laid a foundation |
em in |
Maā Maā |
ȧri-nȧ [and] I made |
ȧru attribute |
nebt every. |
uā-k[uȧ] I was alone, |
ȧn [for] not |
ȧshesh-nȧ had I spit |
em Shu in the form of Shu, |
ȧn not |
tef-n had I emitted |
em Tefnut Tefnut,1 |
ȧn not |
hheper existed |
ki another |
24. |
ȧri-nef who worked |
ḥenā-ȧ with me. |
senti-nȧ I made a foundation |
em ȧbt-ȧ tches-ȧ in my heart my own, (or, by means of my own will) |
kheper [and] there came into being |
āsht the multitudes of things |
kheperu which came into being |
nu kheperu of the things which came into being |
em from out of |
kheperu the things which came into being |
nu of |
mesu births, |
em from out of |
kheperu the things which came into being |
nu of |
mesu-sen their births. |
ȧnuk pu I, even I, |
hat-ȧ had union |
em with |
khefā-ȧ my clenched hand, |
tataȧt-nȧ I joined myself in an embrace |
Col. xxvii. l. |
em with |
khaibit-ȧ my shadow, |
kher-nȧ I poured seed |
em re-ȧ into my mouth |
tches-ȧ my own, |
ȧshesh-nȧ I sent forth issue |
em Shu in the form of Shu, |
tefnet-nȧ I sent forth moisture |
em Ṭafnut in the form of Tefnut. |
ȧn Saith |
ȧtef-ȧ my father |
Nu Nu, |
satet-sen “They make to be weak |
maat-ȧ my eye |
em-sa-sen behind them, |
tcher because |
ḥenḥenti for double henti periods |
uau-sen they proceeded |
em-khet after |
kheper-ȧ I became |
neter god |
2. |
uā one |
neter gods |
ichemt three, |
pu that is |
er-ȧ from out of myself, |
kheper-nȧ [and after] I came into being |
em in |
ta earth |
pen this. |
ḥāā Were raised up |
ȧref therefore |
Shu Shu |
Ṭāfnut [and] Tefnut |
em in |
enenu the inert watery mass |
un-sen ȧmi - f wherein they were, |
ȧn-sen nȧ brought they to me |
maat-ȧ my eye |
em khet-sen in their train. |
em-khet After |
ȧref therefore |
sam-nȧ I had united |
āit-ȧ my members |
rem-nȧ I wept |
her-sen over them, |
kheper [and] came into being |
pu em from |
remu the tears |
per which] came forth |
em maat-ȧ from my eye, |
khāru-s [and] it raged |
er-ȧ against me |
em khet after |
i-s it came |
qemi-s [and] found |
ȧri-nȧ |
ket another |
em in |
ȧst-s its place. |
ṭehi-s [I] endowed it |
em with |
khut the power (or, splendour) which |
ȧru-nȧ I had made. |
sekhenti Having made to approach |
ȧref therefore |
ȧst-s its place |
em in |
ḥrȧ-ȧ my face, |
em-khet afterwards |
ȧref therefore |
ḥeq-s it ruleth |
4. |
ta earth |
pen this |
er to |
tcher -ƒ its whole extent |
kher Fall |
en at-sen their moments (or, seasons) |
ȧu uabu-sen upon their plants, |
ṭebui-nȧ I endowed it |
thet-s with what it hath taken possession of |
ȧmi-s in it. |
per-nȧ I came forth |
em from (or, in the form of) |
uabu the plants, |
tcheṭfet creeping things |
nebt all, |
kheper [and] things which came into being |
nebt all |
ȧm-sen [are] in them. |
mesu ȧn Give birth |
Shu Ṭāfnut Shu [and] Tefnut |
5. |
hena |
Nut Nut. |
mesu ȧn Give birth |
Seb Nut Seb and Nut |
Ȧsȧr to Osiris, |
Ḥer Khent-ȧn-maa Horus-Khent-ȧn-maati, |
Set Set, |
Ȧst Isis, |
Nebt-het Nephthys |
em from |
khat the womb, |
uā em-sa uā one after the other |
ȧm-sen of them, |
mes-sen they give birth |
āsht-sen [and] they multiply |
em in |
ta earth |
pen this. |