Re: [cybalist] Eri-danus

Hi, I'm keeping score, Dennis and John, hope you don't mind. :)

>Herakhte is merely Horus-of-the-two-Horizons,[...] As
>such, with Ra now getting old, Horus fought Ra's enemies for him. At >the
>trial of Seth, when he was banished to the wilderness, most of the >gods
>agreed with Isis's and Horus's claim that Horus be made King of >Egypt, but
>Ra disagreed claiming Horus was too young (any echo's of >Phaeton here?).

I remember reading of Ra's senility and Horus' usurption (<- is that a
word?) during my high school days as an Egyptology buff. And it does sound
like this myth of Phaeton that I know nothing about.

>There is another myth from Heliopolis, telling how Horus was once >blinded
>in his right eye

Heard that one too. That's a famous one and my favourite... well, aside from
the one about Osiris and his member which is also entertaining to raccount
at parties or to use as pick up lines.

>Set was associated with various animals, the one you describe, as well >as
>pigs, donkeys and fishes.

Erh, I didn't come across this one though. Why pigs, donkeys and fish?

>You've got me there. I can't find any reference to a connection >between
>Ptah and Apep.

Don't know of that connection either. Horus and Ra, yes. Ptah and Apepi, no.
But then, I guess they're both green.

>I thought it was Apep (Apopi) who in fact swallowed the sun at the
>Western horizin at night and disgorged him in the morning at the
>eastern horizon.

I know that Ra and Apepi fought but I don't think the sun actually got
swallowed, that is, unless the sun is symbolised as a plate of pancakes. In
which case, we might imagine this tasty dish floating down the Nu, when all
of a sudden Apepi shows up and devours it.

Understandably so, since being evil requires a great deal of nourishment.
With Horus in the boat with Ra, would Horus get devoured too? Again, perhaps
we can symbolize Horus as an accompanying bucket of chicken wings....

Oh, no, my worst fear: I've finally gone over the deep end.

- gLeN
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