Egyptian Myth and Legend by Donald Mackenzie
- In the beginning there was nothing but water, Nu
- Nu created Ra, the sun god
- Ra was ruler of the gods, divine father, creator
- Ra created the heaven and earth and all its creatures
- Ra took the form of a man and became the first king upon earth
- Ra had a secret name which gave him his divine power
- The goddess Isis created a serpent to poison Ra, so he would reveal his name
- When Ra finally reveled his secret name to her she cast away the venom
- Ra became aware of men speaking against him
- He called the other gods for advice
- He sent Hathor to slay those against him
- His anger passed and he sent to flood the Nile to stop Hathor
- Hathor ended her slaying and anytime the Nile flooded men and women would become drunk
- Ra became weary
- Nu sent Nut and Shu to aide Ra and mankind cried unto Ra as he left them
- They followed him until he returned and slaughtered his enemies in battle
- When Ra grew old and ascended into heaven Osiris took his place
- Osiris created laws and brought peace to Egypt, before him men were savages
- Osiris left to share his ways with the world, Isis took over until he returned
- His brother was jealous and evil and sought to stir up rebellion
- His brother killed him and took over his throne
- Tyranny and disorder prevailed
- Isis mourned her husbands death and took refuge in the swamps and deep jungle
- Isis gave birth to a son
- The brother learned of this and wanted to kill his nephew
- Isis hid the child and went to find Osiris's body
- She brought it back to Egypt where Set cut it into many pieces and threw it in the Nile
- Isis retrieved them all and buried them
- Horus went to take his rightful throne
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