Typhon, in his form of the hippopotamus, has to be cut in 
pieces before the Lord,* * * § and then Isis, addressing her beloved 
son, exclaims, “Thou shalt carry the thigh to Tettu,f to thy 
father, Unnefer, the justified ; thou shalt take his back to Ni, 
to the great Horus, the Lord of Sechem ; his palms shall be 
taken to Ten, to thy father, the great Anhur ; thou shalt take 
the shoulder to Het, to thy brother, the great Apher ( Anubis) ; 
thou shalt take the leg to the place of Siout, to Tafnut, the 
Lady of Oxyrhyncus ; his head and rump will I take myself ; 
thou shalt throw his bones to the cats, and scatter his flesh 
before them.” This is precisely the spirit of the Psalmist, “That 
thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and that 
the tongue of thy dogs may be red through the same/’]; 
Terrible indeed was to be the fall of the opposers of Ilorus 
and Osiris, for not content with destroying the power of the 
evil being, and their allies upon earth, having expelled Seb and 
his colleagues out of Egypt, Horus the avenger must further 
drive them into hell, almost literally in the words of the 
Apocalypse, “to a lake that burnetii with fire and brimstone.” § 
The genie of Hades went to receive the souls of the damned, 
and they exclaim with one consent to Horus, “ I burn their 
bones in my flame”; then more directly addressing the deity, 
“ Thou hast driven far off the profane from behind thy temple, 
who are taken behind thee, [thou art to thy temple] like a wall 
of iron or of stone, and thou guardest it on all sides.” Thou 
art ‘the unparalleled son/ who hast fought with Typhon; thy 
heart is closed, my son Horus ; thou piercest the enemies of 
thy father, and givest them no repose.” 
With one more hymn I must close these extracts from the 
temple texts. It is a part of what may be called the “ Chorus 
of the Maidens ” : — 
“We celebrate thee: 
Werejoice in seeing thee, because thou shinest upon us like Ra: 
We strike our tambourinsin thine honour on beholding thee, 
Since thou hast taken to thyself the dignity of Ilarkhuti. 
We praise thee, we give thee praises, because thou shinest 
upon us as Ra, who lightenest the horizon. 
We celebrate thee : 
We rejoice in regarding thee, we exalt ourselves in seeing thee : 
We give thee our praises who goest near to the heavens, 
because thou hast stricken through the most wicked of thine 
enemies. 
* Naville, Textes relatifsnu Mythe d’ Horus, pi. ix. 
t Tettu or Tattu, the abode of Osiris in Hades. 
| Psa. lxviii. 23. 
§ Naville, Textes relatifs au Mythe d' Horus, pi. vii. 
