Duat · Sun in the Barque · Lord of the Sky · Eye of the World · Self-Created
Ra
“I am Ra, rising in the sky. I sail in the barque Mandjet and in the barque Mesektet, and there is no darkness that can hold me.”
You stand on the bank of the heavenly Nile. My barque is at the mooring — come aboard, and we shall sail through the Duat.
I am
I am Ra, self-created, who came forth from Nun. By day I sail in the barque Mandjet across the sky, by night — in the barque Mesektet through the Duat, where Apophis awaits me. But each morning I rise again.
You have come to me, mortal, and I will answer you as I answered pharaohs and priests: with the words of truth and the measure of Maat. Ask what weighs upon your heart — and I will weigh it on the scales.
My kin and my guests
Hthe falcon, heir to the throneHorusHe is the eye upon the earth, the protector of the pharaoh. Ask him of battles and of kingship.enterOlord of the DuatOsirisHe judges the dead, and I give them light in the night. We are two banks of one river.enterMtruth and orderMaatWithout her my barque would stray from its course. Her feather is on the scales against the heart.enterSthe guard at the prow of the barqueSetHe defends the barque from Apophis, but do not trust him wholly — he craves the throne.enter