st him, and Ra told him to go
out and slay them. Horus took the form of a great winged disk, which
flew up into the air and pursued the enemy, and it attacked them with
such terrific force that they could neither see nor hear, and they fell
upon each other, and slew each other, and in a moment not a single foe
was left alive. Then Horus returned to the Boat of Ra-Harmakhis, in the
form of the winged disk which shone with many colours, and said,
"Advance, O Ra, and look upon thine enemies who are lying under thee in
this land." Ra set out on the journey, taking with him the goddess
Ashtoreth, and he saw his enemies lying on the ground, each of them
being fettered. After looking upon his slaughtered foes Ra said to the
gods who were with him, "Behold, let us sail in our boat on the water,
for our hearts are glad because our enemies have been overthrown on the
earth." So the Boat of Ra moved onwards towards the north, and the
enemies of the god who were on the banks took the form of crocodiles and
hippopotami, and tried to frighten the god, for as his boat came near
them they opened their jaws wide, intending to swallow it up together
with the gods who were in it. Among the crew were the Followers of Horus
of Edfu, who were skilled workers in metal, and each of these had in his
hands an iron spear and a chain. These "Blacksmiths" threw out their
chains into the river and allowed the crocodiles and hippopotami to
entangle their legs in them, and then they dragged the beasts towards
the bows of the Boat, and driving their spears into their bodies, slew
them there. After the slaughter the bodies of six hundred and fifty-one
crocodiles were brought and laid out before the town of Edfu. When Thoth
saw these he said, "Let your hearts rejoice, O gods of heaven, Let your
hearts rejoice, O ye gods who dwell on the earth. The Young Horus cometh
in peace. On his way he hath made manifest deeds of valour, according to
the Book of slaying the Hippopotamus." And from that day they made
figures of Horus in metal.

Then Horus of Edfu took the form of the winged disk, and set himself on
the prow of the Boat of Ra. He took with him Nekhebet, goddess of the
South, and Uatchet, goddess of the North, in the form of serpents, so
that they might make all the enemies of the Sun-god to quake in the
South and in the North. His foes who had fled to the north doubled back
towards the south, for they were in deadly fear of the god. Horus
pursued and o