Unas Slayer Of The Gods Lyrics - Nile

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 

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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 

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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.]