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在英文維基網站中找到關於貝努鳥的資料,和樓主的有點不一樣,內容說貝努鳥是太陽神拉的靈魂。
關於貝努鳥的頭銜,有「祂是由自己形成的」,「高高在上的那位」,「慶典的主宰」等。祂的名字也和「weben」這個動詞有關,有「燦爛地上升」,「照耀」的意思。貝努鳥和尼羅河的氾濫,復活及太陽是有所關聯的,由於祂代表了創造與重生,因此被認為和埃及的曆法有密切關係。事實上,祂的神殿以時間儀(也就是時鐘那類東西)聞名。
在死者之書中,這樣描述貝努鳥:我是貝努鳥,拉內心之靈,眾神在渡過冥界時的嚮導。
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The Bennu bird serves as the Egyptian correspondence to the phoenix, and is said to be the soul of the Sun-God Ra. Some of the titles of the Bennu bird were “He Who Came Into Being by Himself,” “Ascending One,” and “Lord of Jubilees.” The name is related to the verb “weben,” meaning “to rise brilliantly,” or “to shine.” The Bennu bird was the mythological phoenix of Egypt. It was associated with the rising of the Nile, resurrection, and the sun. Because the Bennu represented creation and renewal, it was connected with the Egyptian calendar. Indeed, the Temple of the Bennu was well known for its time-keeping devices.
According to ancient Egyptian myth, the Bennu had created itself from a fire that was burned on a holy tree in one of the sacred precincts of the temple of Ra. Other versions say that the Bennu bird burst forth from the heart of Osiris. The Bennu was supposed to have rested on a sacred pillar that was known as the benben-stone. The Egyptian priests showed this pillar to visitors, who considered it the most holy place on earth.
The Bennu was pictured as a grey, purple, blue, or white heron with a long beak and a two-feathered crest. Occasionally the Bennu was depicted as a yellow wagtail, or as an eagle with feathers of red and gold. In rare instances the Bennu was pictured as a man with the head of a heron, wearing a white or blue mummy dress under a transparent long coat. The Bennu was considered the “soul” of the god Atum, Ra, or Osiris.
The Book of the Dead says, “I am the Bennu bird, the Heart-Soul of Ra, the Guide of the Gods to the Tuat.”. |
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