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Legends of the Gods

by E. A. Wallis Budge

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I. The Legend of the Creation

II. The Legend of the Destruction of Mankind

III. The Legend of Ra and the Snake-Bite

IV. The Legend of Horus of Edfu and the Winged Disk

V. The Legend of the Origin of Horus

VI. A Legend of Khensu Nefer-Hetep and the Princess of Bekhten

VII. The Legend of Khnemu and a Seven Years’ Famine

VIII. The Legend of the Death and Resurrection of Horus

IX. The Legend of Isis and Osiris According to Classical Writers

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The History of Creation

I. Horus holding the Hippopotamus-fiend with chain and spear

II. Horus spearing the Hippopotamus-fiend

III. Horus spearing the Hippopotamus-fiend

IV. Horus and Isis capturing the Hippopotamus fiend

V. Horus on the back of the Hippopotamus-fiend

VI. The slaughter of the Hippopotamus-fiend

VII. Horus of Behutet and Ra-Harmakhis in a shrine

VIII. Horus of Behutet and Ra-Harmakhis in a shrine

IX. Ashthertet in her chariot

X. Horus holding captive foes and spearing Typhonic animals

XI. Horus spearing human foes

XII. Horus spearing the crocodile

XIII. Horus in the form of a lion

XIV. The Procreation of Horus, son of Isis.

XV. The Resurrection of Osiris.

XVI. The Bekhten Stele

XVII. The Metternich Stele—Obverse

XVIII. The Metternich Stele—Reverse

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