"Ah..." Wu Chen had already thought: "In order to protect Horus, the God of the Sky, she took off her protective bracelet and was dragged into the underworld by countless undead souls who coveted her."
"So, referring to the big players' operating rules of 'plot derived plot, distortion cut out distortion', will the final player occupying the Myth Punk land use Hathor, the God of Love, as a hostage, and then force the Sky Sky, who are mortal enemies of each other, to God Horus and God of Darkness Set join forces to invade our flesh and blood punk land?" As expected of Catwoman Catra, she has already understood the key plot elements in the entire aberration line.
"In other words, as long as we can go deep into the underworld and rescue Hathor, the god of love, who is bound by the undead, we can use the method of 'plot-derived plot, distortion to cut distortion' to defeat the finalists of the myth punk land." Shadow Lady Bea Trix thought of it immediately.
"So, what is the underworld in ancient Egyptian mythology like?" Scorpia asked the scorpion girl Scorpia, who shared the common sentiment of all Outpost heroines.
"In the imagination of the ancient Egyptians, the world after death was a land very similar to the human world. In this land called 'Duat', a large river like the Nile ran through the mountains. Surrounded by plains, the vast sand on both sides is dotted with small lakes, and mounds rise one after another on the sand. The only thing that cannot be found in the world is a narrow valley at the western end, where the sun god Re will sink at sunset. Enter this valley. Just like the sun god Ra's voyage at night, after a person's life is completed, his soul will come here through Duet and be with Osiris, the king of Hades, until the moment of resurrection.
Although the landscape of Duet can almost be regarded as a replica of the human world, with plains and deserts familiar to Egyptians, it is full of dangers for the souls who are new to this place. The soul is hindered by demons along the way - they are called 'obstacles from the abyss'. In some malicious lakes and mounds, demons will use sticks, spears, nets and even mousetraps to capture and hunt souls. Only by knowing the true names of demons can they be defeated. Therefore, souls must carry the buried Duan with them before going on the road. Map of Erte and spells to overcome disasters.
But even if the devil is successfully defeated, the soul's journey is only half completed, because the judgment of fate is about to begin. Unlike the 12-hour night for the sun god Ra, the soul only needs less than 6 hours to know its final fate. Osiris, the king of Hades, sits on the throne. His image is usually a mummy holding a hook and handle that symbolizes kingship, indicating his original identity as the ruler of the world and the father of Horus, the patron saint of the pharaohs. Next to him is his wife the goddess Isis, and in some paintings his sister-in-law Nephthys. The heart of the deceased was placed on one end of the scale of Osiris, and on the other end was the feather of Maat, the goddess of justice and divine order. Anubis, the jackal-headed god of the dead, was responsible for detecting the tilt of the scales, and the measurements were recorded on papyrus by Thoth, the ibis-headed god of wisdom.
If the scale of Osiris tilts towards Ma'at's feathers, it means that the soul is innocent and is eligible for eternal life; otherwise, the scale tilts towards the heart, which means that the soul is sinking because of too heavy sins and has lost the opportunity to atone for its sins. . Then, the monster Ammut, the 'devourer of punished souls', will have another feast: once a soul is judged to be evil, the heart of the deceased is destined to fall into this lion with a dog's head and front legs. The legs and hind legs are hippopotamus legs in the monster's bloody mouth. Many people are worried that they will not be able to pass this test, so they use scarab amulets to accept the trial on behalf of their hearts. It is said that the spell on the amulet can prevent the heart from revealing the sins of their lifetime. In addition, the deceased also needs to state his innocence in a ritual called "denial confession." These crimes may be treason, deception, murder, but are mainly misdeeds committed in daily life, including bragging, violating property laws, and so on. The soul must tell the true name of each god before a jury of 42 gods who will judge the crime.
Of course, this is not an easy task, because the names of gods may be very long, very similar, and have many variations; the soul may also be unable to correctly state its good conduct due to nervousness, shyness, stuttering, etc. The ancient Egyptians knew how to be prepared before hitting the road. Documents unearthed from the tomb show that among the funerary items were not only scarab amulets, but also a large number of spells, lists of divine names, and prayers such as "Guidelines on How to Not Corrupt in the Underworld" and "Recommendations for Reasonably Avoiding Labor in the Underworld." A defense from the Book of the Dead provides the classic formula: 'O distant messenger from Heliopolis, never in my life have I spoken A lie; O possessor of fire from Heraha, I have never plundered in my life...'
Although these are often quite accurate in guiding the deceased to eternal life, they offer more than one view on the fate of the soul. In some unearthed funerary documents, the soul ultimately ascends to heaven. In the "Pyramid Text" of the Old Kingdom period (2686 BC - 2181 BC), the dead pharaoh ascended into the starry sky and became the stars surrounding the North Celestial Pole, joining the sun god Ra's patrol in the sky. In order to pass through the eastern sky, the dead pharaoh must call the boatman of Hades. The boatman is called "the man who looks behind" because he faces behind him when ferrying. However, the pharaoh must meet these two conditions for the boatman to accept the prayer: the pharaoh must prove that he is really innocent and name the boatman and the names of the various parts of the boat - once again the Egyptians combined fate and names. .
It was as if he had just crossed the lake in heaven. Once he landed, messengers would come out to greet Pharaoh and inform other gods of his arrival. Some legends speak of dead pharaohs occupying important places in the courts of the dead, just as they had ruled Egypt in life. Others claim that the pharaoh became the secretary of the sun god Ra, responsible for sealing the sun god Ra's documents or helping to issue edicts. Obviously, the role of secretary greatly reduced the supreme power that the pharaoh enjoyed as a ruler on earth, so this statement gradually became less popular. During the Middle Kingdom (2133 BC - 1786 BC), The Book of Two Ways provided two alternative routes for the souls of the dead to reach the kingdom of Osiris. The idea of linking immortality to Osiris as the god of resurrection became increasingly popular, and the ancient Egyptians longed to be with Osiris after death. In Egyptian mythology, he was the son of Geb, the god of earth, and Nut, the goddess of sky. He taught humans the knowledge of cultivating grains and became a deeply loved king. However, his brother Seth was jealous of him and put him into a box and threw him into the Nile; in other versions, Seth transformed into a raging bull and trampled Osiris to death. Seth, however, was still unsatisfied and dismembered Osiris's body into pieces and scattered them all over the place. But the weeping Isis collected the scattered limbs and put them back together. Her nephew Anubis covered Osiris with spices and wrapped him in linen. This was the first mummification process. Isis fanned the cold, wet soil of the tomb with her wings, and Osiris came to life. He lived in the human world for a period of time, and after giving birth to Horus with Isis, he returned to the underworld and became the 'God Lord of the Lower World' and the 'Eternal God Lord'. "
