[FN#26] Pepi I., line 475; Pepi II., line 1263.



This bare statement of the dogma of the conception of Horus does not
represent all that is known about it, and it may well be supplemented
by a passage from the Pyramid Texts,[FN#27] which reads, "Adoration to
thee, O Osiris.[FN#28] Rise thou up on thy left side, place thyself on
thy right side. This water which I give unto thee is the water of
youth (or rejuvenation). Adoration to thee, O Osiris! Rise thou up on
thy left side, place thyself on thy right side. This bread which I
have made for thee is warmth. Adoration to thee, O Osiris! The doors
of heaven are opened to thee, the doors of the streams are thrown wide
open to thee. The gods in the city of Pe come [to thee], Osiris, at
the sound (or voice) of the supplication of Isis and Nephthys. . . . .
Thy elder sister took thy body in her arms, she chafed thy hands,
she clasped thee to her breast [when] she found thee [lying] on thy
side on the plain of Netat." And in another place we read:[FN#29] "Thy
two sisters, Isis and Nephthys, came to thee, Kam-urt, in thy name of
Kam-ur, Uatchet-urt, in thy name of Uatch-ur . . . . . . . Isis and
Nephthys weave magical protection for thee in the city of Saut, for
thee their lord, in thy name of 'Lord of Saut,' for their god, in thy
name of 'God.' They praise thee; go not thou far from them in thy name
of 'Tua.' They present offerings to thee; be not wroth in thy name of
'Tchentru.' Thy sister Isis cometh to thee rejoicing in her love for
thee.[FN#30] Thou hast union with her, thy seed entereth her. She
conceiveth in the form of the star Septet (Sothis). Horus-Sept issueth
from thee in the form of Horus, dweller in the star Septet. Thou
makest a spirit to be in him in his name 'Spirit dwelling in the god
Tchentru.' He avengeth thee in his name of 'Horus, the son who avenged