(13) And) mankind beheld the Sun-god 1 in the gate of his going forth

(72) When the sun rises in the heaven, he comes forth through that fourth portal thirty mornings in succession, and sets accurately in the fourth portal in the west of the heaven.

(303) 464 To say: Gods of the West, gods of the East, gods of the South, gods of the North- 464 these four pure reed-floats, which ye placed for Osiris, 464 for his ascension to heaven, 465 that he might ferry over to b.w, while his son Horus was at hand (at his fingers), 465 (whom) he reared and whom he caused to dawn as a great god in b.w, 465 place them for N. 466 Art thou Horus, son of Osiris? Art thou, O N., the god, the eldest, son of Hathor? 466 Art thou the seed of Geb? 467 Osiris has ordained that N. dawn as a second Horus. 467 Those four souls (spirits), who are in Heliopolis, have written it 467 in the register of the two Great Gods who are in b.w.

(437) 793 To say: Wake up for Horus; stand up against Set; 793 raise thyself up as Osiris, like the spirit, son of Geb, his first (born); 793 and stand up as Anubis, who is on the min-w (-shrine), 794 before whom the Ennead tremble. The three beginnings (of the divisions of the year) will be celebrated for thee; 794 thou purifiest thyself on the day of the new-moon, thou dawnest on the first of the month. 794 The great min.t (-stake) mourns for thee 794 as for "Him who stands without being tired," who resides in Abydos. 795 Earth, hear that which the gods have spoken, 795 what R` says as he spiritualizes N., 795 that he may receive his spirituality as one at the head of the gods, like Horus, son of Osiris, 795 while he gives him his spirituality among the watchers Of Buto, 795 while he dignifies him as a god among the watchers of Hierakonpolis. 796 The earth speaks: 796 The double doors of Aker are open for thee; the double doors of Geb are open for thee. 796 Thou goest forth at the voice of Anubis, while he has spiritualized thee, like Thot, 797 that thou mayest judge the gods, that thou mayest set a boundary to the Bows, 797 between the two sceptres, in this thy dignity of spirit, commanded by Anubis. 798 If thou goest, Horus, goes; if thou speakest, Set speaks. 798 Thou approachest the sea (lake); thou advancest to the Thinite nome; 798 thou passest through Abydos. 799 A portal is open for thee in heaven, towards the horizon; 799 the heart of the gods rejoices at thy approach. 799 They take thee to heaven in thy (capacity as) soul; thou art a soul (mighty) among them. 800 Thou ascendest to heaven like Horus, who is over the sdsd of heaven, 800 in this thy dignity issuing from the mouth of R`, 800 as Horus among the spirits, 800 whilst thou sittest on thy firm throne. 801 Thou withdrawest thyself to heaven; 801 the ways, of the Bows, which lead up to Horus, are made firm for thee; 801 the heart of Set fraternizes with thee as (with) the Great One of Heliopolis. 802 Thou hast voyaged over the Winding Watercourse in the north of Nut 802 as a star, which ferries over the ocean, which is under the body of Nut. 802 The D.t strikes (takes) thy hand, towards the place of , 803 after the bull of heaven had given thee his arm. 803 Thou nourishest thyself with the food of the gods, with which they nourish themselves. 803 The odour of Ddwn is on thee, the Upper Egyptian youth, who is come from Nubia; 803 he gives thee the incense wherewith the gods cense themselves. 804 The two children (twin?) of the king of Lower Egypt, who are on his head, the possessors of the great (crown), have given birth to thee. 804 R` has called thee out of the 'iskn of heaven, 804 as Horus who is chief of his department (or, presides over his thigh-offering) he of tw-t, lord of bw.t (the rebel city), 804 as the jackal god, nome-governor of the Bows, as Anubis who presides over the pure (holy) land. 805 He appoints thee as the morning star (god of the morning) in the midst of the Marsh of Reeds, 805 and thou sittest upon thy throne. 805 Thy dismembered limbs are collected by the two mighty ones, the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt, as lord of the Bows. 805 Thine abundance is in the field of the gods where they nourish themselves. 806 Thou hast thy spiritualization; thou hast thy messengers; 806 thou hast thine understanding; thou hast thine earthly servants. 806 May the king give an offering, may Anubis give an offering (of) thy thousand of the young of antelopes 806 from the desert, as they come to thee with bowed head. 807 May the king give an offering, may Anubis give an offering (of) thy thousand loaves of bread, thy thousand mugs of beer, 807 thy thousand large loaves, which come from the broad-hall, thy thousand of all sweet things, 807 thy thousand of oxen, thy thousand of all things which thou eatest, on which thy heart is set. 808 The 'im-tree serves thee, the nb-tree bows its head to thee, 808 such as Anubis will do for thee.

(6) To the Egyptians the sun was the symbol of immortality, for, while it died each night, it rose again with each ensuing dawn. Not only has the sun this diurnal activity, but it also has its annual pilgrimage, during which time it passes successively through the twelve celestial houses of the heavens, remaining in each for thirty days. Added to these it has a third path of travel, which is called the precession of the equinoxes, in which it retrogrades around the zodiac through the twelve signs at the rate of one degree every seventy-two years.

(72) And the sun rises from that third portal and sets in the third portal in the west and returns to the east, and for thirty mornings rises in the second portal in the east, and in like manner sets in the second portal in the west of the heaven.

(7) Concerning the annual passage of the sun through the twelve houses of the heavens, Robert Hewitt Brown, 32°, makes the following statement: "The Sun, as he pursued his way among these 'living creatures' of the zodiac, was said, in allegorical language, either to assume the nature of or to triumph over the sign he entered. The sun thus became a Bull in Taurus, and was worshipped as such by the Egyptians under the name of Apis, and by the Assyrians as Bel, Baal, or Bul. In Leo the sun became a Lion-slayer, Hercules, and an Archer in Sagittarius. In Pisces, the Fishes, he was a fish--Dagon, or Vishnu, the fish-god of the Philistines and Hindoos."

(669) 1961 To say: A prince ascends --- a great burnt-offering on the interior of the horizon; 1961 he has seen the preparation of the feast, and the preparation of the fire-pan, 1961 at the birth of the gods, on the five epagomenal days, who are before thee, 1961 "Great-his-breast," thou who art before the Bstw.w. 1962 -------------------------------------------1962a + 1 (N. X 755) ----------- N. of his mother; Twt, 1962a + 2 (N. 755). he who was born, a double, in the nest ---- Thot 1962 in the interior of the field of the tamarisk, at the source of the gods, 1963 for N. is my brother, proceeding from the thigh, 1963 who separated the two brothers, put apart the two fighters, who split your heads, O gods. 1964 -------- of --------------------- 1964b (N. 756) ---------- her fillet, N., 1964c (N. 756). as Nwrw, who is great among you, O gods, you who come to him, O gods; 1964 as Isis said to Nun: 1965 "I have given birth to him for thee; I have deposited him for thee; 1 have certainly spit him out for thee." 1965 He has no feet; he has no arms, 1965 and how shall he be assembled? 1966 Then let this copper be brought ------ the nw-boat --- with it. 1966b (N. 756). [Come ye] with him, nourished, with him in your arms, say they, the gods. 1966c (N. 756). Behold, he is born. 1966 Behold, he is assembled; behold he exists. 1967. Wherewith shall we break that which appertains to his egg, say they, the gods. 1968 Let then Seker of pdw come, 1968 that he may mould (smelt) his bones, that he may construct his skeleton 1968 ---------- 1968 It is he who shall break the e[gg], and [loose] the copper, 1969a (N. 758). so that the two followers of the gods, with sharp teeth and long claws, may bring the god forth by his hands. 1969 Behold, N. exists; behold, N. is assembled; 1969 behold N. has broken (his) egg. 1970 Wherewith shall N. be caused to fly? 1970b (N. 758-759). Then let there be brought to thee ------ nw-boat, built by Mw-n, 1970 that thou mayest fly therewith, that thou mayest fly therewith, 1970d (N. 759). the south-wind for thy foster-mother, the north-wind for thy nurse. 1971. N. flies; N. alights on the two wings (lit. feathers) of his father, Geb. 51. THE DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND SPIRITUALIZATION OF THE KING,

(27) its wings, which stretch out as glorious colors on each side of its body--the solar globe--and that when it folds its wings under its dark shell at sunset, night follows. Khepera, the scarab-headed aspect of Ra, is often symbolized riding through the sea of the sky in a wonderful ship called the Boat of the Sun.

(577) 1520 To say: Osiris dawns, pure, mighty; high, lord of truth 1520 on the first of the year; lord of the year. 1521 Atum father of the gods is satisfied; Shu and Tefnut are satisfied; Geb and Nut are satisfied; 1521 Osiris and [Isis] are satisfied; Set and [Neit] (Nephthys?) are satisfied; 1522 all the gods who are in heaven are satisfied; all the gods who are on earth and in the lands are satisfied; 1522 all the southern and northern gods are satisfied; all the western and eastern gods are satisfied; 1522 all the nome gods are satisfied; all the city gods are satisfied 1523 with the great and mighty word, which comes forth from the mouth of Thot, concerning Osiris, 1523 the seal of life, the seal of the gods. 1523 Anubis, the counter of hearts, deducts Osiris N. from the gods who belong to the earth, (and assigns him) to the gods who are in heaven, 1524 lord of wine at the inundation. 1524 His year is calculated for him; his hour knows him. 1524 N. is known by his year which is with him; 1524 his hour which is with him knows him. 1525. "Come, my child," says Atum, "come to us," say they, say the gods to thee, Osiris. 1526 ("Our) brother is come to us, the eldest, the first (begotten) of his father, the first (born) of his mother," 152 6 say they, say the gods. 1527 Heaven conceived him: Dw.t gave him birth; 152 7 N. was conceived with him by heaven; 1527 N. was given birth with him by D.t. 152 8 Thou supported the sky on thy right side, having life; 1528 thou livest, because the gods ordained that thou live. 1528 N. supports the sky on his right side, having life; 1528 he lives, his life, because the gods have ordained that he live. 1529 Thou leanest on the earth on thy left side, having joy; 1529 thou livest thy life, because the gods have ordained that thou live. 1529 N. leans on the [earth] on his left side, having life (or joy?); 1529 he lives his life, because (the gods) have ordained that he live. 1530 N. ascended on the eastern side of the sky; 1530 he descends as a green bird; 1530 he descends ---- lord of the D.t-lakes. 1530 N. is purified in the lakes of the mn-goose. 38. TEXTS OF MISCELLANEOUS CONTENTS,