P. Xx, ) My beautiful one ! said his mother ; My heir ! said his father (of) him whom the sky conceived and the dawn­light bore. O King, the sky conceives you with Orion, the dawn­light bears you with Orion. » ; PT 1082 : « The sky is pregnant of wine (i.e., red at dawn), Nut has given birth to her daughter the dawn­light, and I raise myself indeed ; my third is Soped (i.e., Sirius), pure of seats. » ; PT 1527, The sky has conceived him, the dawn has borne him, and this King is conceived with him by the sky, the King is borne with him by the dawn. »

P. Xxi and . 2063­4, The waters of life which are in the sky come, the waters of life which are in the earth come, the sky is aflame for you, the earth quakes at you before the god's birth ; the two mountains are split apart, the god comes into being, the god has power in his body ; (so) the two mountains are split apart, this King comes into being, this King has power in his body. » ; PT 2112­3 : « O King, the inundation comes, the flood hastens, Geb engenders ; provide the efflux of the god which is in you, that your heart may live, that your body may be revived, and that your sinews may be loosed

«. King, PT 929 et 935 : « I am vindicated and my double is vindicated ; Sirius is my sister, the Morning Star is my offspring) when you said, O Seth : « It was he (Osiris) who kicked me », when there came into being this his name of Orion, long of leg and lengthy of stride, who presides over Egypt. » ; PT 1707 : « Your sister is Sirius, your offspring is the Morning Star, and you shall sit between them on the great throne which is in the presence of the Two Enneads. » ; PT 2116 : « Raise yourself because of your strength, may you ascend to the sky, may the sky give birth to you like Orion, may you have power in your body, and may you protect yourself from your foe. » ; PT 2126 : « (...) His brother is Orion, his sister is Sirius, and he (the King) sits between [them] in this land for ever, PT 2172 : « She (Nut) bears you, O King, like Orion, she makes your abode at the head of the Conclaves. (...) » ; PT 2180 : « [Live,] be alive ! Be young beside your father, beside Orion in the sky. » xxiiiPT 1469 : « (..) Re has taken this King to himself to the sky so that this King may live, just as he who enters into the west of the sky lives when he goes up in the east of the sky

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