Chemmis
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Chemmis ( ancient Egyptian Achbit, Ach-bit ) is the mythological name of a floating island that plays a central role in the Osiris myth as a refuge for the growing Horus . The place could not be archaeologically developed until the present , as the exact location is unknown. Based on the descriptions, however, Chemmis is suspected to be in Shaba near the ancient Egyptian city of Buto .
Mythological connections
Ancient Egyptian myths
From the Old Kingdom from the pyramid text 1703c it emerges that " Isis had given birth to her son Horus in Chemmis". In the pyramid text 2190 it is described that Horus went from Chemmis to Buto. There he purified himself for the later revenge for his father Osiris on Seth .
From the time of Ramses III. and Sethnacht , Hathor was named on a stele from Deir el-Medina as "Mistress of Chemmis". Ramses III. reports that he surrounded the Horus sanctuary in Heliopolis with blossoming papyrus bushes and thus placed it "in a chemmis".
Chemmis in Greek mythology
Herodotus reported on the creation of the floating island of Chemmis:
“The Egyptians also give the reason why the island floats. Namely, she would not have been swimming before, until Leto , one of the first eight deities who lived in Buto, where she has that oracle , received Apollo from Isis for safekeeping and saved him happily by rescuing him on that island who is now supposed to swim, hid back when Typhon searched everything to find the son of Osiris . "
literature
- Erika Feucht : A portrait of Neith as a snake goddess . In: Willy Clarysse: Egyptian Religion: The last thousand Years; Studies dedicated to the memory of Jan Quaegebeur, Vol. 2 . Peeters, Leuven 1998, ISBN 90-429-0669-3 , p. 107
- Alan B. Lloyd: Herodotus, Book 2, Commentary 99-182 . Brill, Leiden 1993, ISBN 90-04-07737-5
Individual evidence
- ^ Rainer Hannig : Large Concise Dictionary Egyptian-German (2800-950 BC) . von Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-8053-1771-9 , p. 1102.
- ↑ pyramid text 1703c .
Coordinates: 31 ° 11 ' N , 30 ° 47' E