. The Mythology of all races .. . inthe form of other watermonsters as well, such asthe hippopotamus and thecrocodile. This confusionof Apop and Seth, how-ever, does not take placeuntil after the EighteenthDynasty. Monuments of ^^- ^°^- ^^ ^^^° ^°^<^ ™^ ^^^ against THE Dragon thatJdynasty still not only distinguish the warrior Seth from the great serpent, but makehim fight against it in company with the gods, while in onechapter of the Book of the Dead^^ the serpent even attacks theass of Seth (Fig. 106). In like manner the Harris MagicPapyrus says of the dragon: The god of Ombos (i. e. Set
. The Mythology of all races .. . inthe form of other watermonsters as well, such asthe hippopotamus and thecrocodile. This confusionof Apop and Seth, how-ever, does not take placeuntil after the EighteenthDynasty. Monuments of ^^- ^°^- ^^ ^^^° ^°^<^ ™^ ^^^ against THE Dragon thatJdynasty still not only distinguish the warrior Seth from the great serpent, but makehim fight against it in company with the gods, while in onechapter of the Book of the Dead^^ the serpent even attacks theass of Seth (Fig. 106). In like manner the Harris MagicPapyrus says of the dragon: The god of Ombos (i. e. Seth) sharpeneth (?) his arrows in (!) him;He shaketh sky and earth by his thunder-storms;His magic powers are mighty, conquering his enemy;His battle-axe (?) ^^ cutteth up the wide-mouthed dragon. Similarly the god of Ombos (pierceth?) the serpent withhis arrows ;^^ and in the Vatican Alagic Papyrus^^ we find acurious passage which, somewhat parallel to the one which wehave already quoted on p. 72, seeks to rehabilitate Seth:. io8 EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY Stand up, O Seth, beloved of Re!Stand at thy place in the ship of Re!He hath received his heart in justification;Thou hast thrown down [the enemies] of thy father ReEvery day. This text tries to associate the warlike Seth with the bene-ficent Re, and begins to intermingle the Osirian myth. Here,as has been shown on p. 103, the Asiatic idea, according to whichthe thunder-storm is a revelation of the good god of light and ofheaven against the power of darkness and inert matter below,conflicts with the Egyptian conception of this phenomenon. In
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