The Egyptian Book of the Dead

Chapter whereby the Crocodiles are repulsed who come to carry off the Words of Power from a person in the Netherworld.

Peter Le Page Renouf and Édouard Naville, 1904 · 4 paragraphs · Read at the source

31.1Back, in retreat! Back, Crocodile Sui! Come not against me, who live by the Words of Power.

31.2I utter that Name of the great god, who granteth that two of his Messengers should come; the name of one is Batta, and the name of the other is Thine Aspect is Fixed Law.

31.3Heaven determineth its hour; my Word of Power determineth all that which concerneth it; and my mouth determineth my Word of Power. I eat, and my teeth are like flint, and my grinders are like the Cliff of Tuf.

31.4O thou who art sitting with a watchful eye against this my Word of Power; do not thou carry it off, O Crocodile who livest by thine own Word of Power.