Legends of the Gods - The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations by E. A. Wallis Budge
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[FN#76] i.e., Apollinopolis, the modern Edfu. [FN#77] i.e. drops of blood. [FN#78] i.e., from the city. [FN#79] i.e., Edfu. [FN#80] i.e., Great Protector. [FN#81] i.e., "Great Canal." XIV. Then the god Thoth spake, after he had looked upon the enemies lying upon the ground, saying, "Let your hearts rejoice, O ye gods of heaven! Let your hearts rejoice, O ye gods who are in the earth! Horus, the Youthful One, cometh in peace, and he hath made manifest on his journey deeds of very great might, which he hath performed according to 'the Book of Slaying the Hippopotamus.'" And from that day figures of Heru-Behutet in metal have existed. Then Heru-Behutet took upon himself the form of the Winged Disk, and he placed himself upon the front of the Boat of Ea. And he placed by his side the goddess Nekhebet[FN#82] and the goddess Uatchet,[FN#83] in the form of two serpents, that they might make the enemies to quake in [all] their limbs when they were in the forms of crocodiles and |
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