MUT’s Image of the Day! Bonus – Egypt Myth about Divine Death

The image is originally from Protein Wisdom.

The context in which it was originally found was from Ed Morissey’s wonderful review of Newsweek’s Evan Thomas’ remark that Obama is he’s “sort of God”.

As I do like to get in touch with my Egyptological roots occasionally, between all the Tea Party activities, here is a story I recalled while reading Captain Ed’s piece. It is the story of how Isis extracts Ra’s secret name. The full story is HERE; a select passage is below:

Isis was clever. Her heart was more cunning than a million men; She was wiser than a million gods; more discerning than a million of the Akh. Only one thing She did not know in heaven and earth. Aset purposed in her heart to learn the one thing She still lacked, the name of the august god, Ra

Ra entered every day at the head of His entourage, taking His place on the throne of the two horizons. Though divine, old age caused him to drool. He spat here and there, leaving his spittle fallen upon the soil. Isis took it and the earth it moistened, and kneaded it with Her hand. She built the mud into an august snake with a sharp tongue. Then she left it at the crossroads past which the great god used to go throughout the Two Lands.

Now, Ra the great god appeared with the gods in His entourage accompanying Him, so that He might stroll as on every day. At the crossroads as He walked, the snake bit Him. It then came forth from Him and vanished among the grass. When the divine god could gain His voice, the noise of His mighty crying reached the heavens. The Entourage of His Ennead said: “What is it? What is it?” But He could not find His voice to answer about it. His lips were trembling, and His body shuddered. The poison took possession of his flesh as the Nile takes possession of the land after it.

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