Motif
Light overcoming darkness
light_overcoming_darkness
A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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egyptian
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The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians FAIRY TALES / CHAPTER XII / EGYPTIAN HYMNS TO THE GODS / HYMNS TO THE SUN-GOD; lines 7495-7525 confidence: high
Horus is addressed as sailing over the sky, as child of the divine father and child of fire, shining like crystal, destroying darkness and night, and waking sleepers and reptiles.
Horus is said to shine, destroy darkness and night, and bring light to the dead.
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