Chapter LXXXVII Chapter Whereby One Assumeth the Form of Se-ta
I am Seta—full of years.
I lay myself down [in death], and I am born daily.
I am Seta at the confines of the earth. I lay myself down [in death], I restore myself and I renew myself daily.
Note.
Se-ta ⁂⁂, literally Filius terrae, is a common noun signifying an earth-worm. It is applied to the Sun as rising out of the earth. There are several pictures at Denderah representing the Sun-god Hor-sam-ta in the form of the worm rising out of the Lotus of Dawn. See pl. xxiii, from Mariette, Dend. I, 47 and 48.