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       Ra did not answer. He shook, and all his body trembled and his                    Isis spoke to the divine father and said: «You must, even now,
teeth chattered, for the venom overflowed in his flesh as the Nile does           reveal your secret name to me, for, truly, you can be delivered from
when it floods the land of Egypt. But at length he controlled himself             your pain and distress by the power of your name.»
and subdued his heart and the fears of his heart. He spoke, and his                      Ra heard her in sorrow. Then he said:
words were:                                                                              «I have created the heavens and the earth. Lo! I have even framed
       «Gather about me, you who are my children, so that I may make              the earth, and the mountains are the work of my hands. I made the sea,
known the dreadful thing that has happened to me. I am struck with                and I cause the Nile to flood the land of Egypt. I am the Great Father of
great pain by something I know not of ... by something that I cannot              the gods and the goddesses. I gave life to them. I created every living
see. Of that I have knowledge in my heart, for I have not done myself             thing that moves on the dry land and in the sea depths. When I open my
an injury with my own hand. Lo! I am without power to make known                  eyes there is light. When I close them there is thick darkness. My secret
who has struck me so. Never before has such sorrow and pain been                  name is not known to the gods. I am Khepera at dawn, Ra at high noon
mine.»                                                                            and Atum at eventide.»
       He spoke further, saying: «I am a god and the son of a god. I am                  So spoke the divine father, but mighty and magic as were his
the Mighty One, son of the Mighty One. Nu, my father, conceived my                words, they brought him no relief .The poison still burned in his flesh
secret name, which gives me power, and he concealed it in my heart so             and his body trembled. He seemed ready to die.
that no magician might ever know it and, knowing it, be given power to                   Isis, the enchantress, heard him, but there was no sorrow in her
work evil against me.»                                                            heart. She wished above all other things to share the power of Ra, and
       «As I went about even now, observing the world that I have cre-            to achieve this she must have revealed to her the sacred name that Nu
ated, a malignant thing bit me. It is not fire, yet it burns in my flesh; it is   had devised and uttered at the beginning. So she spoke to Ra, saying:
not water, yet cold is my body and my limbs tremble. Hear me now!                 «Divine father, you have not yet spoken your name of power. If you
My command is that all my children be brought near to me so that they             shall reveal it to me I will have strength to give you healing.»
may pronounce words of power that shall be felt on earth and in the                      Hotter than fire burned the venom in the heart of Ra. Like raging
heavens.»                                                                         flames it consumed his flesh, and he suffered fierce agony. Isis waited,
       All the children of Ra were brought to him, as was his wish. Isis,         and at length the Great Father spoke in majesty and said: «It is my will
the enchantress, came in their midst, and they all sorrowed greatly, ex-          that Isis be given my secret name and that it leave my heart and enter
cept her. She spoke mighty words, for she could utter charms to subdue            hers.»
pain and to give life to that from which life had departed. She spoke to                 When he had spoken thus, Ra vanished from before the eyes of
Ra, saying:                                                                       the gods. The sun boat was empty, and there was thick darkness. Isis
       «What ails you, holy father? You have been bitten by a serpent,            waited, and when the secret name of the divine father was about to leave
one of the creatures that you created. I shall weave spells. I shall defeat       his heart and pass into her own, she spoke to Horus her son and said:
your enemy with magic. Lo! I shall overwhelm the serpent utterly in the                  «Now, compel the ruling god, by a mighty spell, also to yield up
brightness of your glory.»                                                        his eyes, which are the sun and the moon.»
       He answered her, saying: «A malignant thing bit me. It is not fire,               Isis then received in her heart the secret name of Ra, and the
yet it burns my flesh. It is not water, yet cold is my body, and my limbs         mighty enchantress said:
tremble. My eyes also have grown dim. Drops of sweat fall from my                        «Depart, O venom, from Ra. Come out from his heart and from
face.»                                                                            his flesh; flow out, shining from his mouth.... I have worked the spell....
                                                                                  Lo! I have overcome the serpent and caused the venom to be spilled on

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