Chap. LXXXVIII . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A CROCODILE . From the Papyrus of Nu

Vignette : A crocodile upon a pylon or gateway .

Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION
INTO A CROCODILE . The chancellor-in-chief (2), Nu,
triumphant, saith :-

"I am the divine crocodile which dwelleth in his terror, I am
"the divine crocodile, and I seize [my prey] like (4) a ravening
"beast . I am the great and Mighty Fish which is in the city
"of Qem-ur. I am (5) the lord to whom bowing and prostrations
"[are made] in the city of Sekhem ."

The Source: The Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

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Chap. LXXXIII . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A BENNU BIRD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap. LXXXIV . TIIE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A HERON. From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . LXXXV . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A LIVING SOUL, AND OF NOT ENTERING INTO THE CHAMBER OF TORTURE . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap. LXXXVI . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A SWALLOW . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . LXXXVII . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE SERPENT SATA . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . LXXXVII . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE SERPENT SATA . From the Papyrus of Nu

Vignette : The serpent Sata with human legs .

Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION
INTO THE SERPENT SATA . The chancellor-in-chief (2), Nu,
triumphant, saith :- (3)

"I am the serpent Sata whose years are many ." I die and I
"am born again each day. I am the serpent Sata which dwell-
"eth in the uttermost parts of the earth . I die, and I am born
"again, and I renew myself, and I grow young (5) each day ."

The Source: The Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

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Chap. LXXXVI . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A SWALLOW . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap. LXXXVI . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A SWALLOW . From the Papyrus of Nu

Vignette : A swallow perched upon a conical object .

Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION
INTO A SWALLOW. The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant,
saith :- (2)

"I am a swallow, I am a swallow . I am the Scorpion, the
"daughter of Ra . Hail, ye gods, whose scent is sweet ; hail, ye
"gods, whose scent is sweet! [Hail,] Flame, which cometh forth
"from the horizon! Hail, thou who art in the city, I have brought
"the Warden of his Bight therein . O stretch out unto me thy
"hand so that I may be able to pass my days in the Pool of
"Double Fire, and (4) let me advance with my message, for I
"have come with words to tell . O open [thou] the doors to me
"and I will declare the things which have been (5) seen by me .
"Horns hath become the divine prince of the Boat of the Sun,
"and unto him hath been given the throne of his divine father
"Osiris, and (6) Set, that son of Nut, [lieth] under the fetters
"which he had made for me . I have made a computation of
"what is in the city of Sekhem, (7) I have stretched out both
"my hands and arms at the word(?) of Osiris, I have passed
"on to judgment, and I have come that [I] may (8) speak ;
"grant that I may pass on and declare my tidings . I enter in,
"[I am] judged, and [I] come forth worthy at (9) the gate of
"Neb-er-tcher . I am pure at the great place of the passage of
"souls, I have done away with (10) my sins, I have put away
"mine offences, and I have destroyed the evil which appertained
"unto my members upon earth . Hail, ye divine beings who guard
"the doors, make ye for me (11l away, for, behold, I am like
"unto you . I have come forth by day, I have journeyed on on
"my legs, I have gained the mastery over my footsteps [before]
"the God of Light, (12) I know the hidden ways and the doors
"of the Sekhet-Aaru, verily I, even I, have come, (13) I have
"overthrown mine enemies upon earth, and yet my perishable
"body is in the grave!"

Rubric : IF THIS CHAPTER BE KNOWN [BY THE DECEASED], HE SHALL
COME FORTH BY DAY, HE SHALL NOT BE TURNED BACK AT 04) ANY GATE
IN THE UNDERWORLD, AND HE SHALL MAKE HIS TRANSFORMATION INTO
A SWALLOW REGULARLY AND CONTINUALLY .

The Source: The Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

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Chap . LXXXV . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A LIVING SOUL, AND OF NOT ENTERING INTO THE CHAMBER OF TORTURE . From the Papyrus of Nu

Vignette : A soul .
Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION
INTO A LIVING SOUL, AND OFNOT ENTERING INTO THE CHAMBER
OF TORTURE ; whosoever knoweth [it] shall not see corruption .
The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith :- (2)

"I am the divine Soul of Ra proceeding from the god Nu ;
"that divine Soul which is God, [I am] the creator of the divine
"food, and that which is an abomination unto me is sin (3) where-
on I look not . I proclaim right and truth, and I live therein .
"I am the divine food, which is not corrupted in my name (4) of
"Soul : I gave birth unto myself together with Nu in my name
"of Khepera in whom I come into being day by day . I am the
"lord of (5) light, and that which is an abomination unto me
"is death ; let me not go into the chamber of torture which is
"in the Tuat (underworld) . I ascribe honour [unto] Osiris, and
"I make to be at peace the heart[s] of (6) those beings who dwell
"among the divine things which [I] love . They cause the fear
"of me [to abound], and they create awe of (7) me in those beings
"who dwell in their divine territories . Behold, I am exalted upon
"my standard (8), and upon my seat, and upon the throne which
"is adjudged [to me] . I am the god Nu, and the workers of ini-
quity shall not destroy me (9) . I am the first-born god of prim-
eval matter, that is to say, the divine Soul, even the (10) Souls
"of the gods of everlastingness, and my body is eternity . My
"Form is everlastingness, and is the lord of years (11) and the
"prince of eternity . [I am] the creator of the darkness who maketh
"his habitation in the uttermost parts of the sky, [which] I love
"(12), and I arrive at the confines thereof . I advance upon my
"feet, I become master of (13) my vine, I sail over the sky which
"formeth the division [betwixt heaven and earth], [I] destroy
"the hidden (14) worms that travel nigh unto my footsteps which
"are towards the lord of the two hands and arms . My soul is
"the Souls of the souls (15) of everlastingness, and my body is
"eternity . I am the divine exalted being who is the lord of the
"land of Tebu . `I am the Boy (16) in the city and the Young
"man in the plain' is my name ; `he that never suffereth cor-
ruption' is my name . I am the Soul, the creator of the god
"Nu who maketh his habitation in (17) the underworld : my
"place of incubation is unseen and my egg is not cracked . I have
"done away with all my iniquity, and I shall see my divine
"Father, (18) the lord of eventide, whose body dwelleth in Annu .
"I travel(?) to the god of night(?), who dwelleth with the god
"of light, by the western region of the Ibis (i. e ., Thoth) ."

The Source: The Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

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Chap. LXXXIV . TIIE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A HERON. From the Papyrus of Nu

Vignette : A heron .

Text : [THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO
A HERON . The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith :-] (8)

"[I] have gotten dominion over the beasts that are brought
"for sacrifice, with the knives which are [held] at their heads,
"and at their hair, and at their (9) [Hail], Aged ones
"[hail,] Khzzs, who are provided with the opportunity, the
chancellor-in-chief, the overseer of the palace, Nu, triumphant, (10)
"is upon the earth, and what he hath slaughtered is in heaven ;
"and what he hath slaughtered is in heaven and he is upon the
"earth . Behold, I am strong, and I work mighty deeds to the
"very heights of heaven . (11) I have made myself pure, and [I]
"make the breadth of heaven [a place for] my footsteps [as I go]
"into the cities of Aukert ; I advance, and I go forward (12)
"into the city of Unnu (Hermopolis) . I have set the gods upon
"their paths, and I have roused up the exalted ones who dwell
"in their shrines . Do I not know Nu? (13) Do I not know Ta-
"tunen ? Do I not know the beings of the colour of fire who
"thrust forward their horns? Do I not know [every being having]
"incantations unto whose words I listen? (t4) I am the Smam
"bull [for slaughter] which is written down in the books . The
"gods crying out say : `Let your faces be gracious to him that
"cometh onward' . The light (15) is beyond your knowledge, and
"ye cannot fetter it ; and times and seasons are in my body .
"I do not utter words to the god Hu, [I do not utter words of]
"wickedness instead of [words of] right and truth, (16) and each
"day right and truth come upon my eyebrows . At night taketh
"place the festival of him that is dead, the Aged One, who is
"in ward [in] the earth ."

The Source: The Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

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Chap. LXXXIII . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A BENNU BIRD . From the Papyrus of Nu

Vignette : A Bennu bird .

Text : (I) [THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION
INTO (2) A BENNU BIRD.] The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, trium-
phant, saith :- (3)

"I came 2 into being from unformed matter . I came into
"existence like the god Khepera, I have germinated like the
"things which germinate (i . e ., plants), and I have dressed myself
"like the (4) Tortoise . 3 I am [of] the germs of every god . I am
"Yesterday of the four .[quarters of the world] and of those
"seven Uraei which came into existence in Amentet, that is to
"say, [Horus, who emitteth light from his divine body. (5) He
"is] the god [who] fought against Suti, but the god Thoth
"cometh between them through the judgment of him that dwell-
"eth in (6) Sekhem, and of the Souls who are in Annu, and
"there is a stream between them (7) I have come by day, and I
"have risen in the footsteps of the gods . I am the god Khensu,
"who driveth back all that oppose him ."

Rubric : [IF] THIS CHAPTER [BE KNOWN BY THE DECEASED] HE SHALL
COME FORTH PURE BY DAY AFTER HIS DEATH, AND HE SHALL PERFORM
WHATSOEVER TRANSFORMATIONS HIS HEART DESIRETH . HE SHALL BE IN
THE FOLLOWING OF UN-NEFER, AND HE SHALL BE SATISFIED WITH THE
FOOD OF OSIRIS AND WITH SEPULCHRAL MEALS . [HE] SHALL SEE THE DISK,
[HE] SHALL BE IN GOOD CASE UPON EARTH BEFORE RA, AND HE SHALL BE
TRIUMPHANT 13EFORE OSIRIS, ANT) NO EVIL THING WHATSOEVER SHALL,
HAVE DOMINION OVER HIM FOR EVER AND EVER .

The Source: The Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

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Chap. LXXVII . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A HAWK OF GOLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

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Vignette : The god Ptah in a shrine, before which is a table of offerings .
Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION
INTO PTAH, OF EATING CAKES, AND OF DRINKING ALE, AND
OF UNFETTERING THE STEPS, AND OF BECOMING A LIVING
BEING IN ANNU (Heliopolis) . The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, trium-
phant, saith :- (2)

"I fly like a hawk, I cackle like the smen goose, and I perch
"(3) upon that abode of the underworld (dat) on the festival
"of the great Being . That which is an abomination unto me,
"that which is an abomination unto me, I have not eaten ; filth
"is an abomination unto me and I have not eaten thereof, (4)
"and that which is an abomination unto my ka bath not entered
"into my belly. Let me, then, live upon that which the gods
"and the Khus decree for me ; (5) let me live and let me have
"power over cakes ; let me eat them before the gods and the Khus
"[who have a favour] unto (6) me ; let me have power over [these
"cakes] and let me eat of them under the [shade of the] leaves
"of the palm tree of the goddess Hathor, (7) who is my divine
"Lady . Let the offering of the sacrifice, and the offering of cakes,
"and vessels of libations be made in Annu ; let me clothe my-
"self in (8) the tadu garment [which I shall receive] from the
"hand of the goddess Tait ; let me stand up and let me sit
"down (g) wheresoever I please . My head is like unto that of
"Rd, and [when my members are] gathered together [I am] like
"unto Tern ; the four [sides of the domain] of Ra, (1o) and the
"width of the earth four times . I come forth . My tongue is
"like unto that of Ptah and my throne is like unto that of the
"goddess Hathor, and I make mention of the words of Tern,
"my father, (11) with my mouth . He it is who constraineth
"the handmaid, the wife of Seb, and before him are bowed
"[all] heads, and there is fear of him . Hymns of praise are
"repeated for [me] by reason of [my] mighty acts, and I am
"decreed to be the divine (12) Hair of Seb, the lord of the
"earth and to be the protector therein . The god Seb refresheth
"me, and he maketh his risings to be mine . Those who dwell
"in Annu (13) bow down their heads unto me, for I am their
"lord and I am their bull . I am more powerful than the lord
"of time, and I shall enjoy the pleasures of love, and shall gain
"the mastery over millions of years ."

The Source: The Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

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Vignette : A human head springing from a lotus .

Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION
INTO A LOTUS. Saith Osiris Paqrer :- (2)

"Hail, thou lotus, thou type of the god Nefer-Temu ! I am
"the man that knoweth you, and (3) I know your names among
"[those of] the gods, the lords of the underworld, and I am one
"of (4) you . Grant ye that [I] may see the gods who are the
"divine guides in the Tuat (underworld), and grant ye unto me
"a place in (5) the underworld near unto the lords of Amentet .
"Let me arrive at a habitation in the land of Tchesert, and
receive me, O all ye gods, (6) in the presence of the lords of
"eternity . Grant that my soul may come forth whithersoever it
"pleaseth, and let it not be driven away from the presence of
"the great company of the gods."

The Source: The Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

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Chap . LXXXI A . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A LOTUS . From the Papyrus of Nu

Vignette : In the Papyrus of Nebseni (sheet 3) the vignette of this
Chapter is simply a lotus flower in full bloom, but in the Papyrus of
Ani (sheet z8) a human head is seen springing from the lotus which is
growing in a pool of water . See also Lepsius, op . cit ., Bl . 31 .
Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION
INTO A LOTUS . The overseer of the palace, the chancellor-in-
chief, Nu, saith :- (2)

"I am the pure lotus which springeth up from the divine
"splendour that belongeth to the nostrils of Ra . I have made
"[my way], and I follow on seeking for him who is Horns . I am
"the pure one who cometh forth out of the Field ."

The Source: The Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

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Chap . LXXIII . See Chapter IX.

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Chap. LXXX. THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE GOD WHO GIVETH LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS . From the Papyrus of Ani.