Legends of the Gods The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations

About this eBook

Author

Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934

Credits

Produced by John B. Hare and Carrie R. Lorenz

Language

English

LoC Class

BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism

Subject

Mythology, Egyptian

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 9411

Release Date

December 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LEGENDS OF THE GODS
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.E. A. WALLIS BUDGE. — CONTENTS — CHAPTER — LIST OF PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS ON OR FOLLOWING PAGE: — INTRODUCTION — I. — THE LEGEND OF THE GOD NEB-ER-TCHER, AND THE HISTORY OF CREATION. — II. — THE LEGEND OF THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND.
4. 4.III. — THE LEGEND OF RA AND ISIS. — IV.
5. 5.THE LEGEND OF HERU-BEHUTET AND THE WINGED DISK.
6. 6.LEGEND OF THE BIRTH OF HORUS, SON OF ISIS AND OSIRIS. — PLATE XV. — VI. — A LEGEND OF KHENSU NEFER-HETEP[FN#31] AND THE PRINCESS OF BEKHTEN. — VII. — A LEGEND OF KHNEMU AND OF A SEVEN YEARS' FAMINE. — VIII. — THE LEGEND OF THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF HORUS, AND OTHER MAGICAL TEXTS. — IX. — THE HISTORY OF ISIS AND OSIRIS. — THE HISTORY OF CREATION—A.
7. 7.THE BOOK OF KNOWING THE EVOLUTIONS[FN#49] OF RA, AND OF OVERTHROWING APEP. — THE HISTORY OF CREATION—B. — THE BOOK OF KNOWING THE EVOLUTIONS OF RA, AND OF OVERTHROWING APEP. — THE LEGEND OF THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND. — CHAPTER I. — THE LEGEND OF THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND — CHAPTER II. — THE LEGEND OF THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND — CHAPTER III. — THE LEGEND OF THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND — CHAPTER IV. — THE LEGEND OF THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND — CHAPTER V. — THE LEGEND OF RA AND ISIS. — THE LEGEND OF HORUS OF BEHUTET AND THE WINGED DISK. — A HYMN TO OSIRIS AND A LEGEND OF THE ORIGIN OF HORUS.
8. 8.A LEGEND OF PTAH NEFER-HETEP AND THE PRINCESS OF BEKHTEN. — A LEGEND OF THE GOD KHNEMU AND OF A SEVEN YEARS' FAMINE. — THE LEGEND OF THE DEATH OF HORUS THROUGH THE STING OF A SCORPION AND OF HIS RESURRECTION THROUGH THOTH, AND OTHER MAGICAL TEXTS.
9. 9.I.—INCANTATIONS AGAINST REPTILES AND NOXIOUS CREATURES IN GENERAL. — 9. THE CHAPTER OF CASTING A SPELL ON THE CAT. — ANOTHER CHAPTER. — II.—THE NARRATIVE OF ISIS. — 101. A HYMN OF PRAISE TO HORUS TO GLORIFY HIM, WHICH IS TO BE SAID 102 OVER THE WATERS AND OVER THE LAND. — THE HISTORY OF ISIS AND OSIRIS, — WITH EXPLANATIONS OF THE SAME, COLLECTED BY PLUTARCH, AND SUPPLEMENTED BY HIS OWN VIEWS. — [FIRST EXPLANATION OF THE STORY.] — [SECOND EXPLANATION OF THE STORY.] — [THIRD EXPLANATION OF THE STORY.] — [FOURTH EXPLANATION OF THE STORY.] — [FIFTH EXPLANATION OF THE STORY.]

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