Nile Execreation Test Lyrics

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 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.]