The Egyptian Book of the dead

Chapter XXXIV

P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) Renouf translation

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Chapter whereby a person is not devoured by the dweller in the shrine.(1)

O Uræus! I am the Flame which shineth, and which openeth out eternity,(2) the column of Tenpua(3) [otherwise said—the column on which are blossoming plants.]

Away from me! I am the Lynx goddess.(4)

Notes.

This deity is again mentioned in the 39th chapter as taking part in the conflict with the dragon of darkness, and it is named in the strange magic formulæ already found in the Pyramid texts. She is 83called (Teta 310), and she apparently defends the deceased (ib., l. 303) against two serpent divinities, one of whom at least, T’eser-ṭepu (praeclaro capite), is known to us as one of the forty-two assessors of Osiris (Todtenbuch, 125-33).

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Note 1 · It is not possible to say what is here actually meant by ḥat. Every word almost in this tiny chapter was a puzzle to the Egyptian scribes, w Note 2 · Open out Eternity . This is the oldest and most approved reading even in later times. But in Pe the flame ‘shineth on the brow of the Glorif Note 3 · A quite unknown deity and most probably a mere blunder. The MS. which contains it, Ca, suggests another reading Tenpua with , the determinat Note 4 · The Lynx goddess, Maftit. The name of this deity is generally translated Lynx, and it is certainly applied to an animal of the feline specie