Egyptian Religious CalendarToday 31 July 2019 - XXX day of Ipet-Hemet, the eleventh month of the Egy
Egyptian Religious CalendarToday 31 July 2019 - XXX day of Ipet-Hemet, the eleventh month of the Egyptian Lunar Calendar (in the CDXX Great Year of Ra according to the Egyptian Civil Calendar).According to the Egyptian Religious Calendar today is the FIFTH EPAGOMENAL DAY dedicated to the celebrations for the birth of the Goddess Nephthys.Best wishes to all for this highly sacred and blessed day!!![For more informations, see my book “Egyptian Religious Calendar: CDXIX-CDXX Great Year of Ra (2019CE)”, where you will find the full version of the Egyptian Calendar with the complete translation of the Temples’ calendars:http://a.co/d/clZRHoW Furthermore, by subscribing to “AMENTE NOFRE-MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY” you will get a complete access to the daily posts of the Ancient Egyptian Religious Calendar and to our online courses in Egyptology, here’s the link with all the infos: https://www.patreon.com/amentenofre ]Religious Festivities:The XXX day of the lunar month is sacred to Thoth. It is the “Feast of the Going Forth of Min”; Horus the Avenger/Protector of His father Osiris and Nehes (Seth) are the Gods of the Feast.- Fifth Epagomenal Day, Birth of Nephthys:“Fifth (Epagomenal) Day: the Birth of Nephthys.Words to be said on this day:‘O Nephthys, daughter of Nut, sister of Seth,She Whose father sees, healthy daughter,stable of face, stable of face,I am the Divine Power in the womb of my mother Nut.’ ”[c.c. , verso X]“The Name of this day:'He Who is in the nest is the Young One, the August Falcon in His nest’. ”[Papyrus Leiden I , 346]“Birth of Nephthys (…).”[T. Behdet, c. Horus]“Feast of the Birth of Nephthys (…).”[T. Iunyt]image: “Nephthys, the God’s (Osiris’) sister, the Excellent-one" (translation of the hieroglyphs on the top right)Nephthys is represented wearing the vulture headdress topped by the hieroglyph for Her name.Temple of Hathor and Maat at west 'Uaset’-Thebes,detail from the north wall of the north shrine -- source link
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