Egyptian Literature/The Book of the Dead/Dominion Over Elements (2)
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DOMINION OVER ELEMENTS
[From the Papyrus of Ani (British Museum No. 10,470, sheet 16).]
The Chapter of snuffing the air, and of having dominion over the waters in the underworld. Osiris Ani saith:
“Hail, thou sycamore tree of the goddess Nut! Grant thou to me of [the water and of] the air which dwell in thee. I embrace the throne which is in Unnu (Hermopolis), and I watch and guard the egg of Nekek-ur (i.e., the Great Cackler). It groweth, I grow; it liveth, I live; it snuffeth the air, I snuff the air, I the Osiris Ani, in triumph.”