Motif
cosmic animal bearer and supported sky
cosmic_animal_bearer_and_supported_sky
A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
egyptian
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The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians THE EGYPTIAN STORY OF THE CREATION / CHAPTER VII / LEGENDS OF THE GODS / THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND; lines 2703-2741 confidence: high
The text is fragmentary, but appears to say that Nut took cow form and other gods lifted Ra onto her back.
Nut in cow form bears Ra upward; Shu and other gods support her body and legs so the throne of Ra becomes stable.
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