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Passages similar to: Egyptian Book of the Dead — Chapter CVIII
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Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter CVIII (3.)
There is a serpent on the brow of that hill, five hundred cubits in length, three cubits of his forepart are pierced with swords
Divine Comedy
Inferno: Canto XXV (3)
As I was holding raised on them my brows, Behold! a serpent with six feet darts forth In front of one, and fastens wholly on him. With middle feet it...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
Isis, the Virgin of the World (27)
A serpent interwoven among the olive leaves on her head, devouring its own tail, denotes that the aurific unctuosity was soiled with the venom of...
The Masnavi
Moses and Pharaoh (12-22)
Slay it in sacred war and combat, When that man cherished that snake, That stubborn brute was happy in the luxury of warmth; And of necessity worked...
Pyramid Texts
Charms, Utterances 275-299 (298)
442 To say: R` dawns, his uraeus on his head, 442 against this serpent, which is come out of the earth, (and) which is under the fingers of N. 442 He...
Divine Comedy
Inferno: Canto XXV (1)
At the conclusion of his words, the thief Lifted his hands aloft with both the figs, Crying: "Take that, God, for at thee I aim them." From that time...
Divine Comedy
Inferno: Canto XXV (4)
Of the four lists were fashioned the two arms, The thighs and legs, the belly and the chest Members became that never yet were seen. Every original...
Divine Comedy
Inferno: Canto XVII (1)
"Behold the monster with the pointed tail, Who cleaves the hills, and breaketh walls and weapons, Behold him who infecteth all the world." Thus unto...
Pyramid Texts
Mostly Serpent Charms, Utterances 226-243 (234)
Descend on thy backbone, thou who art in thy nw.t-bush. 238 Give away before the serpent who is provided with her two heads....
Secret Teachings of All Ages
Fishes, Insects, Animals, Reptiles and Birds (44)
The serpent mounds of the American Indian; the carved-stone snakes of Central and South America; the hooded cobras of India; Python, the great snake o...
Pyramid Texts
Mostly Serpent Charms, Utterances 226-243 (226)
225 To say: One serpent is encircled by another serpent, 225 when a toothless (?) calf born on pasture-land is encircled. 225 Earth, devour that...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
Fishes, Insects, Animals, Reptiles and Birds (45)
The serpent is true to the principle of wisdom, for it tempts man to the knowledge of himself. Therefore the knowledge of self resulted from man's...
Divine Comedy
Inferno: Canto XXIV (4)
At the next round, and let us descend the wall; For as from hence I hear and understand not, So I look down and nothing I distinguish." "Other...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
Wonders of Antiquity (40)
Serpents were much in evidence at the oracle of Delphi. The base of the tripod upon which the Pythia sat was formed of the twisted bodies of three...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
Alchemy and Its Exponents (38)
"As for that which was within it, the leaves of bark or rind, were engraven and with admirable diligence written, with a point of iron, in fair and...
Pyramid Texts
Charms, Utterances 275-299 (293)
434 To say: Back, hidden serpent; hide thyself, 434 and let N. not see thee. 434 Back, hidden serpent; hide thyself, 434 and come not to the place...
Pyramid Texts
A Series Of Food Texts, Utterances 487-502 (499)
1070 To say: Back, O Spittle, which is not fallen (discharged). 1070 It (the serpent) is lying outstretched. Protect thyself. Stand (firm). Smite.
Pyramid Texts
Mostly Serpent Charms, Utterances 226-243 (227)
227 To say: The head of the great black bull was cut off. 227 Hpn.w-serpent, this is said to thee. r?-ntr-scorpion, this is said to thee: 227 Turn...
Testimony of Truth
Testimony of Truth (21)
Again it is written (Nm 21:9), "He made a serpent of bronze (and) hung it upon a pole ... ... (1 line unrecoverable) ... which [...] for the one who...
The Conference of the Birds
Invocation (24)
From a staff he produces a serpent; and by means of a staff he sends forth a torrent of water.
Divine Comedy
Purgatorio: Canto XXXII (7)
The first were horned like oxen; but the four Had but a single horn upon the forehead; A monster such had never yet been seen! Firm as a rock upon a...
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