Legends of the Gods, Chapter 2, THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE SAID OVER [A FIGURE OF] THE COW
Legends of the Gods
The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations
by E. A. Wallis Budge
London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Trner & Co. Ltd.
[1912]
THE LEGEND OF THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND
CHAPTER II
THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE SAID OVER [A FIGURE OF] THE COW.--
The supporters [called] Heh-enti shall be by her shoulder. The supporters [called]
Heh-enti shall be at her side, and one cubit and four spans of hers shall be in
colours, and nine stars shall be on her belly, and Set shall be by her two thighs
and shall keep watch before her two legs, and before her two legs shall be Shu,
under her belly, and he shall be made (i.e., painted) in green qenat colour. His
two arms shall be under the stars, and his name shall be made (i.e., written)
in the middle of them, namely, Shu himself."
A boat with a rudder and a double shrine shall be therein, and Aten (i.e.,
the Disk) shall be above it, and Ra shall be in it, in front of Shu, near his
hand, or, as another reading hath, behind him, near his hand. And the udders of
the Cow shall be made to be between her legs, towards the left side. And on the
two flanks, towards the middle of the legs, shall be done in writing [the words],
"The exterior heaven," and "I am what is in me," and "I will not permit them to
make her to turn." That which is [written] under the boat which is in front shall
read, "Thou shalt not be motionless, my son;" and the words which are written
in an opposite direction shall read, "Thy support is like life," and "The word
is as the word there," and "Thy son is with me," and "Life, strength, and health
be to thy nostrils!" And that which is behind Shu, near his shoulder, shall read,
"They keep ward," and that which is behind him, written close to his feet in an
opposite direction, shall read, "Maat," and "They come in," and "I protect daily."
And that which is under the shoulder of the divine figure which is under the
left leg, and is behind it shall read, "He who sealeth all things." That which
is over his head, under the thighs of the Cow, and that which is by her legs shall
read, "Guardian of his exit." That which is behind the two figures which are by
her two legs, that is to say, over their heads, shall read, "The Aged One who
is adored as he goeth forth," and The Aged One to whom praise is given when he
goeth in." That which is over the head of the two figures, and is between the
two thighs of the Cow, shall read, "Listener," "Hearer," "Sceptre of the Upper
Heaven," and "Star" (?).
