Unas Slayer Of The Gods Lyrics

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 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.]