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Title: Kings and gods of Egypt
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Moret, Alexandre, 1868-1938
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Publisher: New York : Putnam
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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he piece of flesh placed within it, wassupposed to become alive, according to magiccreed. After these brief and partial obsequies,the family of Osiris effected in detail an entirereconstruction of the divine body. The Rituals1state that Horus made for Osiris a large statue(we would term it a mummy) by joiningtogether all the parts that Seth had severed.Thou hast taken back thy head, say Isis andNephthys to their brother; thou hast bound upthy flesh; thy vessels have been given back to thee;thou hast regained thy members. The godstake part in this difficult operation. Geb, thefather of Osiris, presides over the ceremony; Rasends from heaven the goddesses Hawk andUraeus, those who encircle like a crown the fore-head of the gods, in order to put the headof Osiris in its place and to join it to his neck. The description we read in the Rituals wascarried out faithfully in practice. At the solemnfestivals of Osiris, two complete statues of the 1 A. Moret, Rituel du culte divin, pp. 74-75. 3
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c «s — 3■- -a fe The Passion of () tins : i ; i il were fashioned from earth mingled with wh<incense, perfumes, and precious stones; but thefragment of the body assigned by Isis to eachsanctuary was fashioned apart, and when thepriest brought the clay to pour it into the mould,he recited these words: I bring to Isis thifragments of the mummy of Osiris. Near to the statue, now clad in the clingingshroud which will henceforth be the characteristicgarb of Osiris, Isis and Nephthys, in mourningrobes, their hair unbound, their head and breastbruised with repeated blows, intone a kind ofvocero, a funeral dirge. They implore Osiristo return to inhabit his reconstituted body1(Plate X). Come to thy dwelling, says Isis, embracingthe feet of the mummy. Thine enemies are not here. Come to thy dwelling!Look at me! It is I, thy sister, whom thou lovest, donot withdraw thyself from me. Come to thy houseeven now! When I see thee no longer, my heartlaments for thee, my eyes search for thee, I

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