Each day Ra walked forth, and the gods who were of his train followed him, and he sat upon his throne.Those who he first created according to his desire were Shu and his consort Tefnut. Seb and Nut became the parents of Osiris, Isis, Set and Nepthys.To Osiris will be given power over the dead and Horus will be exalted on the throne which is set upon the island of firery flames.Ra spake again and called forth the god Thoth who came into being by his word.
So came into being by his power the Ibis, the Crane, and the Dog Ape, the messengers of Thoth.
So came into being Ah, the moon of Thoth. When all the land is black, the sun-bark of Ra passes through the tweleve-divisions of night in Duat. At eventide, when Tum is old and frail, five-and-seventy invocations are chanted to give him power to overcome the demons of darkness. He enters the Western gate, through which dead men's souls pass to be judged. Before him goes Anubis, for he is the Opener of the Ways. When the sun bark enters the river of the underworld the companions of Ra are with him.
At the end of the first-division is a high and strong wall, and a gate is opened by incantations so the bark of Ra may pass through. So from division to division, all through the perlious night, the sun god proceeds, and the number of demons that must be overcome by magic.
In the eighth division are serpents which spit forth fire to illumine the darkness, and in the tenth are fierce water reptiles and ravenous fishes. The god Horus burns great beacons in the eleventh hour; ruby flames and flames of gold blaze aloft in beauty: the enemies of Ra are consumed in the fires of Horus. The sun god is reborn in the twelfth hour-division. He enters the tail of the mighty serpent, which is named Divine Life, and issues from its mouth in the form of Khepera, the beetle. Those who are with the god are reborn also The last door of all is guarded by Isis, wife and sister of Osiris, and Nepthys, wife and sister of Set, in the form of serpents. They enter the sun bark with Ra.
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EGYPTIAN CREATION MYTHOLOGY