Tuat, The Gods, Ceremonies, And Preparations For Coming To The West

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the sun god Ra passed each evening after his setting, or death, on his journey to that portion of the sky where he would appear the next morning. Thus, came the phrase of "coming into the west". The sun sets nito the west as does Ra. Tuat was the realm of the great god Osiris, who reigned over all the gods of the dead as well as the dead themselves. Tuat was separated fro the world by a mountain range that surrounded it and formed a great valley. On oen side of the mountains divided the valley from the earth, and on the other side, the valley from he heavens. Through Tuat ran a river that was the couterpart of the Nile in Egypt and of the celestial Nile in heaven . On each bank of the river lived a vast number of demons and beasts who were hostile to any being that invaded the valley. Tuat was further separated into twelve sections or nomes for each hour of the night.each nome has a deamon or ordeal that the deceased have to pass in order to be worthy of life with ...

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to other parts of the world. When he returned, his evil brother Seth, Aso, and 72 others plotted to assassinate him. The conspirators built a chest the size of Osiris�s body . The box was brought into Osiris�s banquet hall and he was tricked into lying in it. Seth and his cohorts sealed the box and set it out in the Nile. Isis cut off alock of her hair as a sign of her mourning and set out to fin her husband. Isis learned that the box with Osiris wihtin it had been carreid to the land if Byblos and lodged in the branches of a bush. A king cut down the tree to contruct a pillar for his palace. Isis took the form of a nurse to work at the palace to free Osiris. When she finally was ...

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