Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

aetiological naming after divine victory

aetiological_naming_after_divine_victory

A motif of the Cosmic Origin and Creation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


egyptian

  • Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations THE LEGEND OF THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND / CHAPTER V. / THE LEGEND OF RA AND ISIS. / THE LEGEND OF HORUS OF BEHUTET AND THE WINGED DISK.; lines 2729-2820 confidence: high

    Heru-Behutet returns shining in many colours to Ra's boat; Thoth and Ra speak and assign names; Ra with Asthertet sees the enemies overthrown and fettered; Thoth calls Heru-Behutet a great protector and the boat Makaa.

    After the victory, the passage repeatedly explains names of places, waters, the boat, and the house of Heru-Behutet as lasting 'unto this day.'

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