Chapter LXXXIII
P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) Renouf translation
Chapter whereby one assumeth the form of the Bennu bird.
Let me wheel round in whirls, let me turn like the Turning One, let me flourish like a flower and keep myself hidden like the Hider.(1)
I am the Barley corn of every god.
I am the four Yesterdays of those seven UræusUræus deities who are born in Amenta; Horus who giveth light by means of his own body; the god who is against Sutu when Thoth is between them, as in that dispute of the Prince of Sechem with the Spirits of Annu where the river is between them.(2)
152I come forth by day and disclose myself at the head of the gods.
I am the god who chaseth all boastfulness.(3)
Notes.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · There is here a play on the words pa, ḫeper, ruṭ and šet. The Turning One is the god Chepera. The Tortoise derives its name (the hider), froNote 2 · The Nile lies between the opposite shores of the Nomes of Letopolis (Sechem) and Heliopolis (Annu).Note 3 · The later recensions have “I am Chonsu who putteth a stop to all boastfulness.” But in the early copies Chonsu is taken in its primitive sen