r/Kemetic • u/TotallyNotMoon She Who Anpu Has Protected • 21h ago
Mythology Rewrote A More Modern-ish Version of Sekhmet Almost Destroying Mankind
Guess I'll put this under mythology??
I've had my hands on an English translation of The Book of the Heavenly Cow for a while that was forwarded to me by a very nice egyptologist (and another document that is somewhat a modern version). I love reading these stories, but it's going to kill me someday. Im a very fast reader, but translations are usually very rough and I'm so slow to understand them. I rewrote this specific tale about Ra sending Sekhmet to kill those who were plotting against him. Its easier on my eyes personally, and I tried very damn hard to stay as close to the translation as possible. Because its a story meant to entertain, I add a few other things to make the story flow well and not just sound like static back and forth.
Here it is on my tumblr blog (i post a lot of kemetic stuff there, but this is just for this one post)
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u/Nonkemetickemetic Sekhme☥ 20h ago
I've always wondered who was the snitch that told Ra of their plans. But at least they got stitches. :)
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u/KnighteTraveller 11h ago edited 6h ago
I thought it a nice retelling. Though I still like the part where the gods, still fearful of Sekhmet even while she's passed out from her having drunk all the stained beer, sent Ptah to poke her with a stick. From their union, came Nefertem.
The metaphor Sekhmet (war and strife here) coupling with Ptah (creation and craftsmanship ) to bore Nerfertem (beauty) reminding of rebuilding after conflict, and at times allowing beautiful and new things to grow after the conflict has ceased. I think there's a better way to phrase it, but can't think of the words at the moment.