Research into Divine Runes

Compared to Nitocris, Ye Ting's study of Egyptian runic spells went remarkably smoothly.

In fact, among the Egyptian gods, although the sun god Ra and the Ennead he sired appeared to be the rulers,

the second-generation god of air Shu and goddess of lakes Tefnut, as well as the third-generation god of earth Geb and goddess of sky Nut, generally had little presence among the Ennead.

Though these four deities governed important concepts of the world, they had always upheld the traditions of the Heliopolitan Pantheon. Apart from maintaining basic stability, they remained aloof from worldly affairs for long periods.

The most active and core part of the pantheon revolved around the sun and the concepts of life and death.

During the day and night, Ra traveled through the sky and the underworld aboard two solar boats: Mandjet, the million-year ship, and Mesektet.

These boats carried him through the sky and Duat, ancient Egypt's underworld. Aboard Mesektet, Ra took the form of a ram god.

As the solar boat traveled through the underworld, it had to pass through twelve gates and regions. Each gate was guarded by specters, ghosts, monsters, and fire-breathing giant serpents. The most dangerous was the seventh gate, guarded by the serpent of chaos, Apophis. At dawn, Ra would pass through all the gates, emerge from the gates of the underworld, and reappear in the sky, bringing light to the earth.

Thus, night and day alternated forever, while light and darkness struggled eternally. Another reason Ra was revered was his connection to the souls of the dead. The solar boat entered the waters of the underworld from the mountain of sunset. Once the souls of the dead were freed from their bodies, they waited in the valley for the solar boat, and Ra was its navigator.

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