LEGENDS OF THE GODS Sir E. A. Wallis Budge Author
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CONTENTSCHAPTER I. THE LEGEND OF THE CREATION II. THE LEGEND OF THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND III. THE LEGEND OF RA AND THE SNAKE-BITE IV. THE LEGEND OF HORUS OF EDFU AND THE WINGED … mais…
CONTENTSCHAPTER I. THE LEGEND OF THE CREATION II. THE LEGEND OF THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND III. THE LEGEND OF RA AND THE SNAKE-BITE IV. THE LEGEND OF HORUS OF EDFU AND THE WINGED DISK V. THE LEGEND OF THE ORIGIN OF HORUS VI. A LEGEND OF KHENSU NEFER-HETEP AND THE PRINCESS OF BEKHTEN VII. THE LEGEND OF KHNEMU AND A SEVEN YEARS' FAMINEVIII. THE LEGEND OF THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF HORUS IX. THE LEGEND OF ISIS AND OSIRIS ACCORDING TO CLASSICAL WRITERSLIST OF PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS ON OR FOLLOWING PAGE:The History of Creation I. Horus holding the Hippopotamus-fiend with chain and spear II. Horus spearing the Hippopotamus-fiend III. Horus spearing the Hippopotamus-fiend IV. Horus and Isis capturing the Hippopotamus fiend V. Horus on the back of the Hippopotamus-fiend VI. The slaughter of the Hippopotamus-fiend VII. Horus of Behutet and Ra-Harmakhis in a shrine VIII. Horus of Behutet and Ra-Harmakhis in a shrine IX. Ashthertet in her chariot X. Horus holding captive foes and spearing Typhonic animals XI. Horus spearing human foes XII. Horus spearing the crocodile XIII. Horus in the form of a lion XIV. The Procreation of Horus, son of Isis. XV. The Resurrection of Osiris. XVI. The Bekhten Stele XVII. The Metternich Stele--ObverseXVIII. The Metternich Stele--ReverseINTRODUCTIONI.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 firstsection of this volume is preserved in a well-written papyrus in theBritish Museum, where it bears the number 10,188. This papyrus wasacquired by the late Mr. A. H. Rhind in 1861 or 1862, when he wasexcavating some tombs on the west bank of the Nile at Thebes. He didnot himself find it in a tomb, but he received it from the BritishConsul at Luxor, Mustafa Agha, during an interchange of gifts when Mr.Rhind was leaving the country. Mustafa Agha obtained the papyrus fromthe famous hiding-place of the Royal Mummies at Der-al-Bahari, with thesituation of which he was well acquainted for many years before itbecame known to the Egyptian Service of Antiquities. When Mr. Rhindcame to England, the results of his excavations were examined by Dr.Birch, who, recognising the great value of the papyrus, arranged topublish it in a companion volume to Facsimiles of Two Papyri, but thedeath of Mr. Rhind in 1865 caused the project to fall through. Mr.Rhind's collection passed into the hands of Mr. David Bremner, and thepapyrus, together with many other antiquities, was purchased by theTrustees of the British Museum. In 1880 Dr. Birch suggested thepublication of the papyrus to Dr. Pleyte, the Director of the EgyptianMuseum at Leyden. This savant transcribed and translated some passagesfrom the Festival Songs of Isis and Nephthys, which is the first textin it, and these he published in Recueil de Travaux, Paris, tom. iii.,pp. 57-64. In 1886 by Dr. Birch's kindness I was allowed to work atthe papyrus, and I published transcripts of some important passages andthe account of the Creation in the Proceedings of the Society ofBiblical Archaeology, 1886-7, pp. 11-26. The Legend of the Creationwas considered by Dr. H. Brugsch to be of considerable value for thestudy of the Egyptian Religion, and encouraged by him[FN#1] I made afull transcript of the papyrus, which was published in Archaeologia,(vol. lii., London, 1891), with transliterations and translations. In1910 I edited for the Trustees of the British Museum the completehieratic text with a revised translation.[FN#2][FN#1] Ein in moglichst wortgetreuer Uebersetzung vorglegter Papyrus-text soll den Schlussstein meines Werkes bilden. Er wird den Beweisfur die Richtigkeit meiner eigenen Untersuchungen vollenden, indem erdas wichtigste Zeugniss altagyptischen Ursprungs den zahlreichen, vonmir angezogenen Stellen aus den Inschriften hinzufugt. Trotz mancherSchwierigkeit im Einzelnen ist der Gesammtinhalt des Textes, den zuerstein englischer Gelehrter der Wissenschaft zuganglich gemacht hat, suchnicht im geringsten misszuverstehen (Brugsch, Religion, p. 740). Hegives a German translation of the Creation Legend on pp. 740, 741, anda transliteration on p. 756. Digital Content>E-books>Religion,Inspiration>Religion>Comparative REL, SAP Digital >16<
