- being more powerful than the one who created you
- Ra created his consort, how unsurprising
- Seb + Nut = Osiris + Consort Isis... oh the incest.
- Ra could take on the human form and walk among men, centuries were years for him.
The Secret Name of Ra:
- Ra a secret, names have power over their owners... like the Fair Folk
- "He concealed it [Ra's name] in my heart so that no magician might ever know it and, knowing it, be given power to work evil against me." Names have power!
- He just keeps going on and on about how he created the earth and the heavens; I am bored of this topic.
- I am actually surprised that Isis actually healed Ra after he gave her is secret name.
Ra and Hathor:
- Ra calling forth all the Gods makes me wonder what he has up his sleeves.
- I am actually so surprised that Ra is asking Nu for advice. This would never have happened in the Bible and it makes me giddy.
- A great flood is a theme I remember hearing in many Native American and other creation tales, it seems there might have been a great flood a long time ago.
- I also like how heirs and the power struggles associated with them are not present here when Ra mentions Osiris taking the throne and then Horus.
- Hathor is lovely.
- Oh my goodness. I like how Hathor, a women, is offered beer.
The Sun's Journey:
- Slaughter atones for slaughter; Blood must have blood (The 100 reference)
- We have a grudge against the reptiles of the world (Similar to the Bible's disdain for reptiles)
- Ra changes into 'different' beings depending on the time of day.
- Anubis, for he is "Opener of the Ways."
- "Whom he finds to be full of sin, he rejects, and these do the serpents fall upon, dragging them away, while they utter loud and piercing cries of grief and agony, to be tortured and devoured; lo! the wicked perish utterly." Lovely.
Osiris:
- He brought peace to the land
- Isis was a woman of exceeding great wisdom
- I like how even Gods need a break, after Osiris put mankind back in order he took a vacation.
- Isis was stronger than Set (yes!), who regarded with jealous eyes the good works of his brother, for his heart was full of evil and he loved warfare better than peace.
The Death of Osiris:
- Set comes in under joyful pretenses but plots to kill Osiris.
- Lead, the chest became a coffin. What did Osiris' soldiers or followers do? NOTHING
- She loved him.
- She set out on a quest to find Osiris' body.
- The queen became a fugitive
- Scorpions.... giant scorpions aided the queen. They bit a child whose mother wailed, Isis felt pity and revived the child, then the mother worshipped Isis.
The Journey of Isis:
- Having a child on the run from Set is probably the worst possible timing.
- How did Horus die? I mean, he was under the protection of Uazit, so I am confused on how he was alone and dead.
- A giant tree memorial
- Apparently Egyptian gods do not decay... hopefully not since she kissed his dead body.
- A Medusa feel to her eyes blinding the prince and killing him.
- What was the purpose of cutting Osiris' body into 14 pieces?
King of the Dead:
- Horus was trained his whole life to battle Set to take back the thrown.
- Finally some divine intervention, Horus is the rightful king and given the throne.
- From the text, it sounds like Isis and Nepthys weeped together over the death of Osiris, which I find satisfying.
- Osiris is alive! The burial ritual of wrapping the dead in linen is created!
The Wax Crocodile:
- I read this story for the Feedback Project in Week four and I honestly do not want to reread it again.
- I am surprised though after seven days in the jaws of the crocodile and under water, the man did not die?
The Green Jewel:
- The girl said no to the king, and she was not executed... this delights me.
(Portrait of God Osiris and Isis from Web Source)
Bibliography: Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Myth and Legend by Donald Mackenzie
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