The new Birth

Question 1

skhet spirit

Answer 1

luminous and powerful

Question 2

who mentioned that through milk a goddess transfers her divine nature and power?

Answer 2

Jean Leclant

Question 3

who is Doua-our

Answer 3

god dedicated to the care of the body and kings beard

Question 4

who is Sothis

Answer 4

a bright star in the sky that once per year raises same time as the sun and simultaneously so does the Nile flood

Question 5

who is Sothis

Answer 5

a bright star in the sky that once per year raises same time as the sun and simultaneously so does the Nile flood

Question 6

Coffin texts

Answer 6

texts written inside coffins during the middle kingdom. formulas for the deceased to access the afterlife

Question 7

why is the umbellical cord evil

Answer 7

umbellical cord of ra is the Apophis snake and wants to eat creation, the sun. the umbellical cord is also associated with the primordial state of the womb, liquid dark mysterious and dangerous. Cutting the cord repels evil

Question 8

who are the two mistresses of the country

Answer 8

nekhbet, vulture and Wadjit, snake. protects upper and lower egypt

Question 9

This Meryrê found them sitting at his approach,
The two akhet spirits, the two mistresses of this country.
Nout, may you rejoice at the approach of this Pepy!
The fringe of her underwear of life and power which is under her skirt received it (?).
Because the one they gave birth to for them is Pépy.
Evil has set him free

Answer 9

2 goddesses Nekhbet and Wadjit are sitting as to give birth to the king. Nut rejoices. Baby falls into the clothes of Nut. all goddesses gave birth to Pepy. Goddesses and queens usually gives birth while dressed. cuts the umbellical cord to repel evil

Question 10

Serqet has reached out/stretched her arms to this Pepy,
She passed her breast on the mouth of this Pepy,
Doua-our has shaved off this Pepy,
Sothis washed the arms of this Pepy,
For it is his birth on this day, O gods!
This Pépy no longer knows his first mother whom he knew,
For it is Nut who gave birth to Meryrê with Osiris

Answer 10

serqet catch the baby like a midwife, and breastfeeds the baby in order to transfer divine nature and power to the king. not the ones who gives birth that breastfeeds. Doua-our shaves the baby’s first hair, may be a rite. Sothis a star, washes the the arms of the baby. cosmos react to the kings birth, mountains open. linked with purification or can be welcoming as in the tale of two brothers. The king no longer connected to earthly mother and the kings rebirth is placed at the generation of the Gods