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Title: The gods of the Egyptians : or, Studies in Egyptian mythology
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934
Subjects: Mythology, Egyptian
Publisher: Chicago : Open Court Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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rley drive out the poison and make it to return from the limbs ? Shall not the flame of the hetchet plant drive out the fire from the members ? Isis, Isis, come to thy child Horus, 0 thou whose mouth is wise, come to thy son: thus cried out the gods who were near her after the manner of one whom a scorpion hath stung, and like one whom Behat, whom the animal Antesh put to flight, hath wounded. Then came Isis like a woman who was smitten in her own body. And she stretched out her two arms, (saying), I will protect thee, I wiU protect thee, 0 my son Horus. Fear thou not, fear thou not, 0 son, my glorious one. No evil thing whatsoever shall happen unto thee, for in thee is the seed whereof things which are to be shall be created. Thou art the son within the 1 ® J^, Khebet, or Khebit, ® J 0 0 ;^ ^, is, as Dr. Brugscb has shown, the Egyptian original of the Greek Xe/x/xis, or Xe/i/3(.s, an island in theneighbourhood of the city of Buto (Pe and Tep), which, according to Herodotus,floated.
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D a:o I a z_i o CI) a.S-a.<Q. COCO ISIS 209 Mesqet, who hast proceeded from Nu, and thou shalt riot die by the flame of the poison. Thou art the Great Bennu who wast born on the Incense Trees in the House of the Great Prince inHeliopolis. Thou art the brother of the Abtu Fish, who dost arrange that which is to be, and who wast nursed by the Catwithin the House of Net. Eeret, Hat and Bes protect thylimbs. Thine head shall not fall before him that is hostile to thee. The fire of that which hath poisoned thee shall not have dominion over thy limbs. Thou shalt not fail on land, and thou shalt not be in peril on the water. No reptile that stingeth shall have the mastery over thee, and no lion shall crush thee or gain the mastery ovgrthee. Thou art the son of the holy god anddost proceed from Seb. Thou art Horns, an^ the poison which is in thy limbs shall not have the mastery over thee. And even so shall it be with him that is under the knife. And the four noble goddesses shal

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