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Legends of the Gods - The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations by E. A. Wallis Budge
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stablisher of Truth throughout the Two Lands. Thou settest [thy] son
upon the great throne of his father Keb. Thou art the beloved one of
thy mother Nut, whose valour is most mighty [when] thou overthrowest
the Seba Fiend. Thou hast slaughtered thy enemy, and hast put the fear
of thee into thy Adversary.



[FN#141] One of the chief festivals of Osiris, during which the god
made a periplus.



Thou art the bringer in of the remotest boundaries, and art stable of
heart, and thy two feet are lifted up (?); thou art the heir of Keb and
of the sovereignty of the Two Lands, and he (i.e., Keb) hath seen thy
splendid qualities, and hath commanded thee to guide the lands (i.e.,
the world) by thy hand so long as times [and seasons] endure.

Thou hast made this earth with thy hand, the waters thereof, the winds
thereof, the trees and herbs thereof, the cattle thereof of every kind,
the birds thereof of every kind, the fish thereof of every kind, the
creeping things thereof, and the four-footed beasts thereof. The land
of the desert[FN#142] belongeth by right to the son of Nut, and the Two
Lands have contentment in making him to rise[FN#143] upon the throne of
his father like Ra.



[FN#142] This may also represent the mountainous districts of Egypt,
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