Legends Of Egyptian Gods. The Legend. Part 02 : THE LEGEND OF THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND CHAPTER IV. IV. AND THE MAJESTY OF THIS GOD SAID, "Call to me the god Thoth," and one brought the god to him forthwith. And the Majesty of this god said unto Thoth, "Let us depart to a distance from heaven, from my place, because I would make light...
Introduction. Summary. V. Legend Of The Birth : p. xlvii V. LEGEND OF THE BIRTH OF HORUS, SON OF ISIS AND OSIRIS. PLATE XIV. The Procreation of Horus, son of Isis. THE text which contains this legend is found cut in hieroglyphics upon a stele which is now preserved in Paris. Attention was first called to it by Chabas, who in 1857 gave...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xxvi : [In XXVI. Plutarch points out that Homer calls great and good men "god-like" and "God's compeers," but the word Daemon is applied to the good and bad indifferently (see "Odyssey", vi. 12; "Iliad", xiii. 810, v. 438, iv. 31, &c.). Plato assigns to the Olympian Gods good things and the odd numbers...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xix : XIX. After these things Osiris returned from the other world, and appeared to his son Horus, and encouraged him to fight, and at the same time instructed him in the exercise of arms. He then asked him what he thought was the most glorious action a man could perform, to which Horus replied, "...
Introduction. Summary. Vii. A Legend Of Khnemu : VII. A LEGEND OF KHNEMU AND OF A SEVEN YEARS' FAMINE. THE text of this most interesting legend is found in hieroglyphics on one side of a large rounded block of granite some eight or nine feet high, which stands on the south-east portion of Sahal, a little island lying in the First Cataract, two...
Legends Of Egyptian Gods. The History : THE HISTORY OF CREATION--B. THE BOOK OF KNOWING THE EVOLUTIONS OF RA, AND OF OVERTHROWING APEP. [These are] the words of the god Neb-er-tcher, who said: "I am the creator of what hath come into being, and I myself came into being under the form of the god Khepera, and I came into being in primeval...
The Legend Of The Death Of Horus. Ii : p. 156 p. 157 II.--THE NARRATIVE OF ISIS. 48. I am Isis, [and] I have come forth from the dwelling (or, prison) wherein my brother Set placed me. 49. Behold the god Thoth, the great god, the Chief of Maat 1 [both] in heaven and on the earth, said unto me, "Come now, O Isis, thou goddess, moreover...
Introduction. Summary. Viii. The Legend : VIII. THE LEGEND OF THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF HORUS, AND OTHER MAGICAL TEXTS. THE magical and religious texts of the Egyptians of all periods contain spells intended to be used against serpents, scorpions, and noxious reptiles of all kinds, and their number, and the importance which w...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section X : X. And this is still farther evinced from those voyages which have been made into Egypt by the wisest men among the Greeks, namely, by Solo, Thales Plato, Eudoxus, Pythagoras, and, as some say, even by Lycurgus himself, on purpose to converse with the priests. And we are also told that Eudoxus w...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Ix : IX. Now, the kings of Egypt were always chosen either out of the soldiery or priesthood, the former order being honoured and respected for its valour, and the latter for its wisdom. If the choice fell upon a soldier, he was immediately initiated into the order of priests, and by them instructed...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Iii : III. The goddess Isis is said by some authors to be p. 201 the daughter 1 of Hermes, 2 and by others of Prometheus, both of them famous for their philosophic turn of mind. The latter is supposed to have first taught mankind wisdom and foresight, as the former is reputed to have invented letters...
Legends Of Egyptian Gods. The Legend. Part 03 : THE LEGEND OF THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND CHAPTER III. III. THEN THE MAJESTY OF THIS GOD SPAKE UNTO THOTH, [saying] "Let a call go forth for me to the Majesty of the god Seb, saying, 'Come, with the utmost speed, at once."' And when the Majesty of Seb had come, the Majesty of this god said unto him...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xxxvi : [ XXXVI., The Nile and all kinds of moisture are called the "efflux of Osiris." Therefore a water-pitcher 4 is always carried first in his processions, and the leaf of a fir-tree represents both Osiris and Egypt. 5 Osiris is p. 243 the great principle of fecundity, which is proved by the Pamyli...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xii : XII. Now, the story of Isis and Osiris, its most insignificant and superfluous parts being omitted, runs thus:-- The goddess Rhea, 1 they say, having accompanied with Kronos 2 by stealth, was discovered by Helios 3 who straightway cursed her, and declared that she should not be delivered in any...
Introduction. Summary. Iii. The Legend : p. xxxiii III. THE LEGEND OF RA AND ISIS. THE original text of this very interesting legend is written in the hieratic character on a papyrus preserved at Turin, and was published by Pleyte and Rossi in their "Corpus" of Turin Papyri. 1 French and German translations of it were published by...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section V : V. Now, the priests are so scrupulous in endeavouring to avoid everything which may tend to the increase of the above-mentioned excrementitious substances, that, on this account, they abstain not only from most sorts of pulse, and from the flesh of sheep and swine, but likewise, in their more...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Iv : IV. Nor, indeed, ought such an examination to be looked on as unnecessary whilst there are so many ignorant of the true reason even of the most ordinary rites observed by the Egyptian priests, such as their shavings 1 and wearing linen garments. Some, indeed, there are who never trouble themselves...
Untitled : Title Page Preface Contents List of Plates and Illustrations INTRODUCTION Summary: I. The Legend of the God Neb-er-tcher, and the History of Creation Summary: II. The Legend of the Destruction of Mankind Summary: III. The Legend Of Ra and Isis. Summary: IV: The Legend of Heru-Behutet and the Winged...
Legends Of Egyptian Gods. The Legend. Part 05 : p. 14 p. 15 THE LEGEND OF THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND. CHAPTER I. [Here is the story of Ra,] the god who was self-begotten and self-created, after he had assumed the sovereignty over men and women, and gods, and things, the ONE god. Now men and women were speaking words of complaint, saying...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xxxi : [ XXXI. The Egyptians only sacrifice red-coloured bulls, and a single black or white hair in the animal's head disqualifies it for sacrifice. They sacrifice creatures wherein the souls of the wicked have been confined, and through this view arose the custom of cursing the animal to be sacrificed...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Vii : VII. As to sea-fish, the Egyptians in general do not abstain from all kinds of them, but some from one sort and some from another. Thus, for example, the inhabitants of Oxyrhynchus 1 will not touch any that have been taken with an angle; for as they pay especial reverence to the Oxyrhynchus Fish...
Introduction. Summary. Ix. The History : IX. THE HISTORY OF ISIS AND OSIRIS. THE history of Isis and Osiris given on pp. 198-248 is taken from the famous treatise of Plutarch entitled "De Iside et Osiride", and forms a fitting conclusion to this volume of Legends of the Gods. It contains all the essential facts given in Plutarch's work...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xliii : [ XLIII. The height of the Nile in flood at Elephantine is twenty-eight cubits, at Mendes and Xos low Nile is seven cubits, and at Memphis middle Nile is fourteen cubits; these figures are to be compared with the twenty-eight days of the Moon's revolution, the seven-day phase of the Mo...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xviii : XVIII. When Isis had come to her son Horus, who was being reared at Buto, 1 she deposited the chest in a remote and unfrequented place. One night, however, when Typhon was hunting by the light of the moon, he came upon it by chance, and recognizing the body which was enclosed in it, he tore it...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xliv : [FIFTH EXPLANATION OF THE STORY.] [ XLIV. The philosophers say that the story is nothing but an enigmatical description of the phenomena of Eclipses. In XLV. Plutarch discusses the five explanations which he has described, and begins to state his own views about them. It must be concluded, he says...
Legends Of Egyptian Gods. The Legend Of R : p. 42 p. 43 THE LEGEND OF RA AND ISIS. THE CHAPTER of the divine (or, mighty) god, who created himself, who made the heavens and the earth, and the breath of life, and fire, and the gods, and men, and beasts, and cattle, and reptiles, and the fowl of the air, and the fish, who is the king of men...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xxxii : [THIRD EXPLANATION OF THE STORY.] XXXII. Such then are the arguments of those who endeavour to account for the above-mentioned history of Isis and Osiris upon a supposition that they were p. 239 of the order of Daemons; but there are others who pretend to explain it upon other principles...
Introduction. Summary. Iv. The Legend : IV THE LEGEND OF HERU-BEHUTET AND THE WINGED DISK. THE text of this legend is cut in hieroglyphics on the walls of the temple of Edfu in Upper Egypt, and certain portions of it are illustrated by large bas-reliefs. Both text and reliefs were published by Professor Naville in his volume entitled...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xvi : XVI. Isis nursed the child by giving it her finger to suck instead of the breast. She likewise put him each night into the fire in order to consume his mortal part, whilst, having transformed herself into a swallow, she circled round the pillar and bemoaned her sad fate. This she continued to do...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Sections : [ XXXIII., XXXIV. Some of the more philosophical priests assert that Osiris does not symbolize the Nile only, nor Typhon the sea only, but that Osiris represents the principle and power of moisture in general, and that Typhon represents everything which is scorching, burning, and fiery...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xxx : [ XXX. Typhon is held by the Egyptians in the greatest contempt, and they do all they can to vilify him. The eolour red being associated with him, they treat with contumely all those who have a ruddy complexion; the ass 1 being usually of a reddish colour, the men of Koptos are in the habit...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xxvii : [ XXVII. To this class belonged Typhon, who was punished by Isis. in memory of all she had done and suffered, she established certain rites and mysteries which were to be types and images of her deeds, and intended these to incite people to piety, and, to afford them consolation. Isis and Osiris...
The Legend Of The Death Of Horus. I. Incantations : p. 142 p. 143 THE LEGEND OF THE DEATH OF HORUS THROUGH THE STING OF A SCORPION AND OF HIS RESURRECTION THROUGH THOTH, AND OTHER MAGICAL TEXTS. I.--INCANTATIONS AGAINST REPTILES AND NOXIOUS CREATURES IN GENERAL. 1. Get thee back, Apep, thou enemy of Ra, thou winding serpent in the form...
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Introduction. Summary. I. The Legend : p. xii THE HISTORY OF CREATION. (Brit. Mus. Papyrus No 10,188). p. xiii INTRODUCTION I. THE LEGEND OF THE GOD NEB-ER-TCHER, AND THE HISTORY OF CREATION. THE text of the remarkable Legend of the Creation which forms the first section of this volume is preserved in a well-written papyrus...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xxv : [SECOND EXPLANATION OF THE STORY.] XXV. There is another and a better method which some employ in explaining this story. They assert that what is related of Typhon, Osiris, and Isis is not to be regarded as the afflictions of gods, or of mere mortals, but rather as the adventures of certain gre...
The Legend Of The Death Of Horus. The Chapter : 9. THE CHAPTER OF CASTING A SPELL ON THE CAT. Recite [the following formula]:-- "Hail, Ra, come to thy daughter! A scorpion hath stung her 10 on a lonely road. Her cry hath penetrated the heights of heaven, and is heard along the paths. 11. The poison hath entered into her body, and circulateth...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xi : p. 214 XI. When you hear, therefore, the mythological tales which the Egyptians tell of their gods, their wanderings, their mutilations, and many other disasters which befell them, remember what has just been said, and be assured that nothing of what is thus told you is really true, or ever...
The Legend Of The Death Of Horus. Another Chapter : ANOTHER CHAPTER. Say the [following] words:-- "O Ra-[Khuti], come to 36 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. 37. Hail, O ye gods, come ye and overthrow ye the evil poison which is in all the members...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xxxviii : [ XXXVIII. The Sun is consecrated to Osiris, and the lion is worshipped, and temples are ornamented with figures of this animal, because the Nile rises when the sun is in the constellation of the Lion. Horus, the offspring of Osiris, the Nile, and Isis, the Earth, was born in the marshes of Bu...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xxiv : p. 235 [In XXIV. Plutarch goes on to say that the Assyrians commemorate Semiramis, the Egyptians Sesostris, the Phrygians Manis or Masdis, the Persians Cyrus, and the Macedonians Alexander, yet these heroes are not regarded as gods by their peoples. The kings who have accepted the title of gods...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xxiii : p. 234 XXIII. But I am much afraid that to give in to this explanation of the story will be to move things which ought not to be moved; and not only, as Simonides says, "to declare war against all antiquity," but likewise against whole families and nations who are fully possessed with the belief...
Legends Of Egyptian Gods. A Legend Of Ptah : p. 106 p. 107 A LEGEND OF PTAH NEFER-HETEP AND THE PRINCESS OF BEKHTEN. 1. The Horus: "Mighty Bull, the form(?) of risings 1, stablished in sovereignty like Tem." The Golden Horus: "Mighty one of strength 2, destroyer of the Nine Nations of the Bow." 3 King of the South and North: "The Lord...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xxi : XXI. Eudoxus indeed asserts that, although there p. 232 are many pretended sepulchres of Osiris in Egypt, the, place where his body actually lies is Busiris, 1 where likewise he was born. 2 As to Taphosiris, there is no need to mention it particularly, for its very name indicates its claim to be...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xvii : XVII. At the first place where she stopped, and when she believed that she was alone, she opened the chest, and laying her face upon that of her dead husband, she embraced him and wept bitterly. Then, seeing that the little boy had silently stolen up behind her, and had found out the reason of her...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xl : [ XL. Though Typhon was conquered by Horus, Isis would not allow him to be destroyed. Typhon was once master of all Egypt, i.e., Egypt was once covered by the sea, which is proved by the sea-shells which are dug out of the mines, and are found on the tops of the hills. The Nile year by year...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xv : XV. At length Isis received more particular news that the chest had been carried by the waves of the sea to the coast of Byblos, and there gently lodged in the branches of a bush of tamarisk, which in a short time had grown up into a large and beautiful tree, and had grown round the chest...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xxxix : [ XXXIX. In the first part of this chapter Plutarch continues his identification of Typhon with drought, and his ally Aso, Queen of Ethiopia, he considers to be the Etesian or north winds, which blow for a long period when the Nile is falling. He goes on to say:--] As to what they relate...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xxii : [FIRST EXPLANATION OF THE STORY.] XXII. Now as to those who, from many things of this kind, some of which are proclaimed openly, and others are darkly hinted at in their religious institutions, would conclude that the whole story h no other than a mere commemoration of the various actions of p...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Viii : VIII. This much may be depended upon: the, religious rites and ceremonies of the Egyptians were never instituted upon irrational grounds, never built upon mere fable and superstition, but founded with a view to promote the morality and happiness of those who were to observe them, or at least...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Vi : VI. The priests of the Sun at Heliopolis 2 never carry wine into their temples, for they regard it as indecent for those who are devoted to the service of any god to indulge in the drinking of wine whilst they are under the immediate inspection of their Lord and King. 3 The priests of the other...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xiii : XIII. Osiris having become king of Egypt, applied himself to civilizing his countrymen by turning them from their former indigent and barbarous course of life. He taught them how to cultivate and improve the fruits of the earth, and he gave them a body of laws whereby to regulate their conduct...
Introduction. Summary. Ii. The Legend : II. THE LEGEND OF THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND. THE text containing the Legend of the Destruction of Mankind is written in hieroglyphs, and is found on the four walls of a small chamber which is entered from the "hall of columns" in the tomb of Seti I., which is situated on the west bank of the Nile...
Legends Of Egyptian Gods. The History. Part 02 : p. 2 p. 3 THE HISTORY OF CREATION--A. THE BOOK OF KNOWING THE EVOLUTIONS 1 OF RA, AND OF OVERTHROWING APEP. [These are] the; words which the god Neb-er-tcher spake after he had, come into being:--"I am he who came into being in the form of the god Khepera, and I am the creator of that which came...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xx : XX. Such then are the principal circumstances of p. 229 this famous story, the more harsh and shocking parts of it, such as the cutting up of Horus and the beheading of Isis, being omitted. Now, if such could be supposed to be the real sentiments of the Egyptians concerning those divine Beings...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section I : p. 198 THE HISTORY OF ISIS AND OSIRIS, WITH EXPLANATIONS OF THE SAME, COLLECTED BY PLUTARCH, AND SUPPLEMENTED BY HIS OWN VIEWS. I. Though it be the wise man's duty, O CLEA, 1 to apply to the gods for every good thing which he hopes to enjoy, yet ought he more especially to pray to them for their...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xiv : XIV. The first who had knowledge of the accident which had befallen their king were the Pans and Satyrs, who inhabited the country round about Chemmis, 1 and they having informed the people about p. 220 it, gave the first occasion to the name of Panic Terrors, which has ever since been made use...
Legends Of Egyptian Gods. A Legend : p. 120 p. 121 A LEGEND OF THE GOD KHNEMU AND OF A SEVEN YEARS' FAMINE. 1. In the eighteenth year of the Horus, Neter-Khat, of the King of the South and North, Neter-Khat, of the Lord of the Shrines of Uatchit and Nekhebit, Neter-Khat, of the Golden Horus Tcheser, 1 when Matar was H Prince...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Ii : II. To desire, therefore, and covet after truth, those truths more especially which concern the divine nature, is to aspire to be partakers of that nature itself, and to profess that all our studies and inquiries are devoted to the acquisition of holiness. This occupation is surely more truly...
Legends Of Egyptian Gods. A Hymn To Osiris : p. 96 p. 97 A HYMN TO OSIRIS AND A LEGEND OF THE ORIGIN OF HORUS. 1. Homage to thee, Osiris, Lord of eternity, King of the gods, whose names are manifold, whose transformations are sublime, whose form is hidden in the temples whose KA is holy, the Governor of Tetut, 1 the mighty one of possessions...
The History Of Isis And Osiris. Section Xli : [FOURTH EXPLANATION OF THE STORY.] [ XLI. Osiris is the Moon, and Typhon is the Sun; Typhon is therefore called Seth, 1 a word meaning "violence, force," &c. Herakles accompanies the Sun, and Hermes the Moon. In XLII. Plutarch connects the death-day of Osiris, the seventeenth of Hathor, with...
Legends Of Egyptian Gods. The Legend. Part 04 : p. 28 p. 29 THE LEGEND OF THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND CHAPTER II. II. THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE SAID OVER [A FIGURE OF] THE COW.--The supporters [called] Heh-enti shall be by her shoulder. The supporters [called] Heh-enti shall be at her side, and one cubit and four spans of hers shall be in colours...
Preface : p. vi PREFACE THE welcome which has been accorded to the volumes of this Series, and the fact that some of them have passed into second and third editions, suggest that these little books have been found useful by beginners in Egyptology and others. Hitherto the object of them has been to supply...
Legends Of Egyptian Gods. The Legend : THE LEGEND OF THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND CHAPTER V. V. WHOSOEVER SHALL RECITE the words of this composition over himself shall anoint himself with olive oil and with thick unguent, and he shall have propitiatory offerings on both his hands of incense, and behind his two ears shall be pure natr...
Introduction. Summary. Vi. A Legend Of Khensu : VI. A LEGEND OF KHENSU NEFER-HETEP 1 AND THE PRINCESS OF BEKHTEN. THE text of this legend is cut in hieroglyphics upon a sandstone stele, with a rounded top, which was found p. liii in the temple of Khensu at Thebes, and is now preserved in the Bibliothque Nationale at Paris; it was discovered by...
Legends Of Egyptian Gods. The Legend Of Horus : p. 56 p. 57 THE LEGEND OF HORUS OF BEHUTET AND THE WINGED DISK. XII 2. In the three hundred and sixty-third year of Ra-Heru-Khuti, who liveth for ever and forever, His Majesty was in TA-KENS, 1 and his soldiers were with him; [the enemy] did not conspire ("auu") against their lord, and the l...
