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NILE lyrics : "Unas Slayer Of The Gods"

Poureth Down Water From the Heavens
Tremble the Stars
Quake the Bones of Aker

Those Beneath Take Flight When They See
Unas Rising


The Akh of Unas Is Behind Him
The Conquerer Are Beneath His Feet
His Gods Are In Him

His Uraei Are on His Brow
The Words of Unas Protect Him
Unas This Bull of The Heavens

ThatTrusteth With His Will

Living On Utterances of Fire From

The Lake Of Flame
Unas That Devoureth Men and Liveth on The Gods


Behold Amkebu Hath Snared Them for Unas
Behold Tecber Tep F Hath Known Them and
Driven Them Unto Unas

Behold Her Tbertu Hath Bound Them
Behold Khensu The Slaughterer of Lords
Hath Cut Their Throats for Unas

Behold Shesemu Hath Cut Them Up For Unas

Unas Hath Ingested Their Spirits

Hath Feasted On Their Immortality
He Hath Consumed their Shadows
Unas The Slayer of the Gods


Unas The Sekhem Great
The Sekhem of the Sekhemn

Unas The Ashem Great
The Ashem of the Ashemn
Behold Orion

Unas Riseth

Unas Hath Taken Possession

of the Hearts of the Gods
Unas Feedeth on their Entrails
He Hath gorged on their Unuttered Sacred Words

He Hath $$#imilated the Wisdom of the Gods
His Existence is Everlasting


Behold The Souls of the Gods are in Unas
Their Spirits are In Unas
The Flame of Unas in Their Bones

Their Shadows are With their Forms
Unas is Rising
Hidden Hidden


[Unas was the ninth and last Pharaoh of the 5th Dynasty. He is
said to have lived from 2375 to 2345 B.C., but some

Egyptologists date him as far back as 5330 B.C. The internal
structure of his pyramid is known for incorporating several
innovative features, but is most recognized for the inclusion of

vertical lines of hieroglyphs on the walls of the vestibule and
burial chamber. When Maspero opened the Unas pyramid in 1881, he
found texts covering these stone walls to be extremely difficult

to decipher, because of their archais characters, forms, and
spellings. These were magickal/religious texts, designed to
ensure the safe passage of the Pharaoh into the next world. They

are known today as the "Pyramid Texts." According to these texts,
Unas became great by eating the flesh of his mortal enemies and
then slaying and devouring the gods themselves. Those gods that

were old and worn out (Egyptian gods aged and died) were used as
fuel for Unas's fire. After devouring the gods and absorbing
their spirits and powers, Unas journeys through the day and

night sky to become the star Sabu, or Orion. While this is
certainly not the first reference to cannibalism in Old Kingdom
texts, what is notable is the method by which the Pharaoh Unas

achieves deification and immortality; by turning on the gods,
slaying and then devouring them, and thus ascending to the
heavens to become the star Orion. The concept was remarkable to

Maspero, who found the idea to be of "absolute savagery."
Maspero seemed to be reeling from a confrontation with a
symbolic revival of pre-dynastic cannibalistic rites - which are
suggested, according to Maspero, by the gnamed and disconnected
bones found in certain early graves. Professor Petrie suggests

that at the original Sed festival, the tribal king appears to
have been sacrificed and devoured, so that his people might
derive from his flesh and blood the power and virtues which made
him great. This practise was based on a belief in contagious
magick. Bulls and boars were eaten to give men strength and

courage, deer to give fleetness of foot, and serpents to give
cunning. The blood of slain and wounded warriors was drunk so
that their skill and bravery might be imparted t the drinkers.
Similarly, Unas feasts after death on the spirits of the gods,
and on the bodies of men and gods. He swallows their spirits,

souls, and names, which are contained in their hearts, livers,
and entrails, thus, Unas becomes allpowerful. In attempting to
bring this epic-length text to song from, it was necessary to
make some minor concessions, firstly, that every version I have
at home of the text is translated somewhat differently, and thus

there is not any singularly definitive versions; and secondly,
that it would just not be possible to include every last line
from the original text. That would probably necessitate a song
inconceivable in length. As it is, in concise song lyric form,
"Unas Slayer of the Gods" weighs in at about 12 minutes plus -
and that is using what would be considered only the bare minimum

essential lines for the development and presentation of the main
aspects of the text. For those interested in reading the entire
work, there are several versions readily available online or by
ordering from a local bookstore. I typed in "Unas Slayer of the
Gods" in a couple of search engines and was astounded at the
number of results that came back.]

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