Nile Unas Slayer of the Gods Lyrics:
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
Assimilated 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
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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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