Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
(Kartikeya Senapati)
Introduction:
This Litany of divine names (also called the "Little Litany", to distinguish it from the "Great
Litany", in which 75 different aspects of Ra are praised, each one with an invocation) accompanies
the figures of the 74 forms of Ra inscribed in many "Houses of Eternity" (tombs) of the greatest
Kings of Egypt, such as Thutmosis III, Sethi I, Ramses III and others.
After an introductory hymnlike spell in which the King praises and eulogizes the Sun God and
Osiris, the 74 names of Ra are revealed.
The text of this spell on the walls of the House of Eternity of the King Thutmosis III recites:
Glory be to Thee,
O Thou Who belongest to the Djeba of the One Joined Together.
Thy Ba is glorious, Thy bodies breathe.
King Men-Kheper-Ra passes by the mysterious caverns and He traverses the mysteries therein.
King Thutmosis, Nefer-Kheperu, calls upon Thee as the Ba of Ra, Thou callest upon King Men-
Kheper-Ra as the Ba of Ra.
His Ba is Thy Ba, His bodies are Thy bodies.
When He passes by the following of the Ba of Ra to the mysterious place of the inhabitants of the
caverns, then He jubilates at His glory, then Thutmosis jubilates at His glory like me, my very
second self.
Ra says to the King Men-Kheper-Ra:
Thou art like me, Thou art my second self.
The Djeba of the One Joined Together says to the King Thutmosis, Whose word is right and truth:
Oh, mayest Thou lead Him, He at the head of His cavern.
This spell is to be recited to every God, and these must be depicted exactly as those on the two side-
walls of the Netherworld, while the two parts must be placed on them as a Divine action.
Then Thou art a Ba as the second self of Ra, the Heir of the Djeba of the One Joined Together.
This book is to be recited every day when Ra goes to rest in the West, exactly and correctly.