Egyptian Literature - Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings

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• Publié par: phowyur
• Publié le: 08 décembre 2010
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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Egyptian Literature This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at http://www.gutenberg.org/license Title: Egyptian Literature Release Date: March 8, 2009 [Ebook 28282] Language: English ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK EGYPTIAN LITERATURE*** Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian Tales, Hymns, Litanies, Invocations, The Book Of The Dead, And Cuneiform Writings Edited And With A Special Introduction By Epiphanius Wilson, A.M. New York And London The Co-Operative Publication Society Copyright, 1901 The Colonial Press Contents Special Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Book Of The Dead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Hymn To The Setting Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . Hymn And Litany To Osiris . . . . . . . . . . . . Litany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hymn To R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hymn To The Setting Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hymn To The Setting Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Chapter Of The Chaplet Of Victory . . . . . . The Chapter Of The Victory Over Enemies. . . . . The Chapter Of Giving A Mouth To The Overseer . The Chapter Of Giving A Mouth To Osiris Ani . . Opening The Mouth Of Osiris . . . . . . . . . . . The Chapter Of Bringing Charms To Osiris . . . . The Chapter Of Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Chapter Of Giving A Heart To Osiris . . . . . The Chapter Of Preserving The Heart . . . . . . . The Chapter Of Preserving The Heart . . . . . . . The Chapter Of Preserving The Heart . . . . . . . The Chapter Of Preserving The Heart . . . . . . . The Heart Of Carnelian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preserving The Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preserving The Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preserving The Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rubric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beating Back The Crocodile . . . . . . . . . . . . Beating Back The Crocodile . . . . . . . . . . . . Repulsing Serpents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Against Snakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 7 8 9 11 15 19 20 22 24 24 25 26 26 27 28 29 30 30 31 31 32 33 34 34 36 38 38 iv Against Serpents . . . . . . . . . . Driving Away Apshait . . . . . . . Driving Back The Merti . . . . . . . Living By Air . . . . . . . . . . . . Living By Air . . . . . . . . . . . . Driving Back Rerek . . . . . . . . . Repulsing The Eater Of The Ass . . Abolishing The Slaughterings . . . Abolishing The Slaughterings . . . Air And Water . . . . . . . . . . . . Dominion Over Elements . . . . . . Dominion Over Elements . . . . . . Dominion Over Elements . . . . . . Preservation Of The Soul . . . . . . Of Drinking Water . . . . . . . . . Of Drinking Water . . . . . . . . . Preservation From Scalding . . . . . On Coming Forth By Day . . . . . . Chapter Of Knowledge . . . . . . . Of Gaining Mastery Over Enemies . Victory Over Enemies . . . . . . . . Coming Forth By Day . . . . . . . . Opening The Underworld . . . . . . Coming Forth By Day . . . . . . . . Coming Forth By Day . . . . . . . . Coming Forth By Day . . . . . . . . Coming Forth By Day . . . . . . . . Coming Forth By Day . . . . . . . . Of Lifting Up The Feet . . . . . . . Of Journeying To Annu . . . . . . . Of Transformation . . . . . . . . . Of Performing Transformations . . . Of Transformation Into A Hawk . . Of Transformation Into A Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Egyptian Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 39 40 40 41 42 44 45 46 49 50 51 51 52 52 53 54 54 58 62 63 64 64 65 66 68 68 71 72 73 74 74 75 80 v Of Transformation Into A God . . . . Transformation Into A Lotus . . . . . Transformation Into A Lotus . . . . . Transformation Into Ptah . . . . . . . Transformation Into A Bennu Bird . . Transformation Into A Heron . . . . . Of The Living Soul . . . . . . . . . . Of The Swallow . . . . . . . . . . . . The Serpent Sata . . . . . . . . . . . Of The Crocodile . . . . . . . . . . . Soul And Body . . . . . . . . . . . . Of Evil Recollections . . . . . . . . . Of Rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Of Opening The Tomb . . . . . . . . Of Not Sailing To The East . . . . . . Of The Ink-Pot And Palette . . . . . . Of Being Nigh Unto Thoth . . . . . . Of Being Nigh Unto Thoth . . . . . . Of Bringing A Boat Along In Heaven Of Bringing The Makhent Boat . . . . Of Entering The Boat Of Ra . . . . . Of Protecting The Boat Of Ra . . . . Of Going Into The Boat Of Ra . . . . Of Knowing The Souls Of The East . Of Sekhet-Hetepet . . . . . . . . . . . Of Knowing The Souls Of Pe . . . . . Of Knowing The Souls Of Nekhen . . Of Knowing The Souls Of Khemennu Of Coming Forth From Heaven . . . . Of Knowing The Souls Of Khemennu Of Receiving Paths . . . . . . . . . . Of Coming Forth From Re-Stau . . . Of Coming Forth From Re-Stau . . . Of Going About In The Underworld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 83 83 84 85 86 87 88 90 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 96 97 98 99 103 104 105 106 107 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 118 119 vi Egyptian Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 121 122 124 127 130 135 136 138 140 141 146 147 148 150 152 152 153 155 157 160 160 162 166 176 187 197 202 206 219 219 231 241 278 Of Entering Into The Great House . . . . Of Entering The Presence . . . . . . . . . The Introduction To Maati . . . . . . . . The Introduction To Maati . . . . . . . . The Negative Confession . . . . . . . . . Address To The Gods Of The Underworld Of The Hour Apes . . . . . . . . . . . . . Of The Praise Of The Gods . . . . . . . . Adoration Of The Gods Of The Qerti . . . Hymn Of Praise To Osiris . . . . . . . . . Of Making Perfect The Khu . . . . . . . Of Living Nigh Unto Ra . . . . . . . . . Of Bringing Men Back To Earth . . . . . Of Making Perfect The Khu . . . . . . . Of Making Perfect The Khu . . . . . . . For The New Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . Of Travelling In The Boat Of Ra . . . . . Of Making Perfect The Khu . . . . . . . Sailing In The Great Boat . . . . . . . . . Of The Four Flames . . . . . . . . . . . . Egyptian Tales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Taking Of Joppa . . . . . . . . . . . The Doomed Prince . . . . . . . . . . . . Anpu And Bata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setna And The Magic Book . . . . . . . . Tales Of The Magicians . . . . . . . . . . The Peasant And The Workman . . . . . The Shipwrecked Sailor . . . . . . . . . . The Adventures Of Sanehat . . . . . . . . The Tell Amarna Tablets . . . . . . . . . . . The Hittite Invasion Of Damascus . . . . The Amorite Treachery . . . . . . . . . . The War In Phœnicia . . . . . . . . . . . Northern Palestine . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Southern Palestine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Royal Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Cuneiform Inscriptions And Hieratic Papyri . . . . . . . . 361 The Great Tablet Of Rameses II At Abu-Simbel . . . . 361 Hymn To Osiris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 Travels Of An Egyptian In The Fourteenth Century B.C.374 Dirge Of Menephtah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 Hymn To The Nile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384 The Solemn Festal Dirge Of The Egyptians . . . . . . 392 Hymns To Amen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 Hymn To Pharaoh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 The Song Of The Harper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 Hymn To Amen-Ra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Hymn To Ra-Harmachis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 The Lamentations Of Isis And Nephthys . . . . . . . . 415 The Litany Of Ra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 The Book Of Respirations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 The Epic Of Penta-Our . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 Footnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461 [iii] Special Introduction. The wonders of Egyptian archæology are the latest and most precious harvest of scholars and explorers. From Belzoni to Flinders Petrie there has been a succession of discoveries in the valley of the Nile with which it is hard for ordinary students to