Nile Execreation Test Lyrics:
Mut The Dangerous Dead Trouble me No Longer I
Inscribe Thy Name I Threaten Thee With The Second
Death I Kill Thy Name And Thus I Kill Thee Again
In The Afterlife

Bau Terror of the Living Angry Spirits of the
Condemned Dead I Write thy Name I Burn Thy Name In
Flames I Kill Thy Name And Thus Thee Are Accursed
Even Unto The Underworld

Mut The Troublesome Dead Plague Me No Longer Thou
Art Cursed Thy Name Is Crushed Thine Clay is
Smashed And Broken Thy Vengeance Against The
Living Shall Come to Naught

[Among the most sinister objects from the ancient
world are the figurines in human shape which were
used to cast spells on the persons they depicted.
Such objects survive to this day usually only when
they are buried as a part of a rite, and usually
in the vicinity of a tomb or necropolis.
Archeologist have found the remains of such rites
at the royal cemetaries of Giza, Saqqarra, Lisht,
and at several forts in Nubia. Stone, wax, or mud
figures, or broken clay tablets or clay pots, are
inscribed with lists of the enemies of Egypt. The
body of the figure is usually flattened to make
room for the text, or sometimes a papyrus is
inserted inside the body cavity. On the back, the
arms, or the arms and legs, are bound together.
The inscriptions found on them are called
"execration texts." These texts threaten death to
specific people. Often, they include the name,
parentage, and title of war. The execration texts
were mainly aimed at enemy rulers, hostile
nations, and tribes in Nubia, Libya, and
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Syria-Palestine. Magickal incantations and rites
were used to cause death and suffering, and to
prevent the angry spirits of the executed from
taking vengeance on those who had condemned them.
Usually included in these texts are long-standing
enemies of those involved in the cursing rites.
There is also often a catchball phrase against any
man, woman, or eunuch who might be plotting
rebellion. Amongst the common people, the
execration rituals were carried out after the
killing of a personal enemy or the execution of
criminals. By killing the enemy's name, which was
an integral part of the personality, this rite
would extend the punishment into the afterlife.
The spirits of defeated enemies or executed
traitors were regarded as a continued supernatural
threat, which needed to be met with magic. The
wording of the texts is similar to that of
contemporary spells on papyrus, which promise to
protect against the malice of demons and ghosts.
Those named in the execration texts are referred
to as "mut" - the dangerous dead. It is also the
word used to describe the troublesome dead in
protective spells for private persons. The stone
figures and red clay pots on which the execration
texts were written were ritually broken as part of
the cursing ceremony in order to smash the enemy's
power. A pit near the Egyptian fort of Mirgissa in
Nubia contained hundreds of such pot shards, as
well as over 350 figures. Deposite of figures have
been found outside fortresses, tombs, and funerary
temples. The clay figures were burned and then
buried with iron spikes driven through them, or
nailed to the outer walls, as the bodies of
executed traitors and foreign enemies sometimes
were. The more eloborate enemy figures were
sometimes trussed up like animals about to be
sacrificed. Some are shown with their throats cut,
the method used to kill sacrificial animals. The
dismembered body of a Nubian and a flint
sacrificial knife were found nar the Mirgissa pit.
Some Egyptologists believe that human sacrifices
routinely accompanied execration rituals, while
others have argued that the figures were normally
a substitute for such sacrifices.]
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