Monday, September 21, 2015

Reading Diary A: Egypt



Creation:
At the beginning the world was only water called Nu.  It started from a shining egg.  Ra then began to gain power and was the ruler of the gods.  Seb was the Earth god and his wife, Nut was the goddess of the firmament.  Ra looked into space and all of creation was made. He thought it and he saw it and it was made.

Secret name of Ra:
There was one goddess, Isis, which wanted to be as powerful as Ra.  Isis did everything she could to become as powerful as Ra.  She found some of his spit and baked it in the earth. It turned into a scary snake that was supposed to bite Ra but instead the snake got scared and is now invisible to all.  There came a day when the serpent struck Ra and there was a scream heard across the world.  He soon died but his secret name was revealed at Isis.

Ra and Hathor:
Ra became older and this is another story involving a serpent that was invisible to the gods. Hathor was trying to ruin mankind in an attempt to take over Ra.  Ra tries to save mankind.  To get rid of Hathor, Ra sent out the jars which causes a flood that cleansed her soul.  When she woke up she was made happy and didn’t want to ruin mankind any longer.

The Sun’s Journey:
Ra talks about sins and sacrificing according to the divine will.  Shu is the god of the atmosphere and he raises his arms and uplifts over the millions of stars in the dark sky.  Thoth is in charge of recording the sins of man and the underworld.  Ra stands at the entrance of where everyone’s souls get judged in front of Osiris.  Ra has a signature symbol os a script in one hand and an ankh in the other to symbolize life.  Apep, the great Night serpent, wants to overtake Ra and eat him.   They are still explaining the underworld and go on to tell about the being with three human heads, the snake’s body, and the wings of a hawk.  Apep tries to make his move on killing Ra but instead, right when he thinks he has him, the allies of the god stab it until it dies. The sun god is reborn and given the name the “Divine Life” but beetles come out of his mouth. 


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