Ancient Egyptian Prayer Bot
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Okay, because I don't know how to replicate this otherwise, I'm making a thread with the attribution codes for the quotes and pinning it. These are the books that I drew the passages from that are in the file, so if you want to look 'em up yourself you can find them.
He is Re, the eldest of the gods; his mother has suckled him, she has given to him a nurse who is in the horizon. (BDF)
December 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
He is Re, the eldest of the gods; his mother has suckled him, she has given to him a nurse who is in the horizon. (BDF)
I am he who makes the singer waken music for Hathor, every day at any hour she wishes. (Stela of King Wanankh Intef II) (ALL)
December 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I am he who makes the singer waken music for Hathor, every day at any hour she wishes. (Stela of King Wanankh Intef II) (ALL)
He has no shrines, no portions, no service of his choice; but youths, his children, hail him, one greets him like a king. (Hymn to Hapy) (ALL)
December 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
He has no shrines, no portions, no service of his choice; but youths, his children, hail him, one greets him like a king. (Hymn to Hapy) (ALL)
I am the son, Seth, who clears the turbulence of the storm circling within the horizon of the sky, like the crooked god. (BDQ)
December 15, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I am the son, Seth, who clears the turbulence of the storm circling within the horizon of the sky, like the crooked god. (BDQ)
A happy year, year of joy, year of health, eternal year, infinite year. (OGC)
December 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
A happy year, year of joy, year of health, eternal year, infinite year. (OGC)
The wine is for your statues, O Falcon, Lord of wine. May your throat receive it as provision; may your courtiers go around you carrying the gifts of Khargeh. Receive it to your bosom, for I brought your wine. (WWO)
December 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The wine is for your statues, O Falcon, Lord of wine. May your throat receive it as provision; may your courtiers go around you carrying the gifts of Khargeh. Receive it to your bosom, for I brought your wine. (WWO)
The wine is for your statues, O Falcon, Lord of wine. May your throat receive it as provision; may your courtiers go around you carrying the gifts of Khargeh. Receive it to your bosom, for I brought your wine. (WWO)
December 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The wine is for your statues, O Falcon, Lord of wine. May your throat receive it as provision; may your courtiers go around you carrying the gifts of Khargeh. Receive it to your bosom, for I brought your wine. (WWO)
The phallus of Babi is drawn back, the doors of the sky are opened, the King has opened <the doors of the sky> because of the furnace-heat which is beneath what the gods pour out. (PTF)
December 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The phallus of Babi is drawn back, the doors of the sky are opened, the King has opened <the doors of the sky> because of the furnace-heat which is beneath what the gods pour out. (PTF)
Hail to you, you having come as Khepri, even Khepri who is the creator of the gods. (BDF)
December 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Hail to you, you having come as Khepri, even Khepri who is the creator of the gods. (BDF)
Take to yourself wine—the Green Horus Eye. May you rejoice at what you have created, may you drink your beer; may you drink your wine; may your limbs be purified by your libation. (WWO)
December 14, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Take to yourself wine—the Green Horus Eye. May you rejoice at what you have created, may you drink your beer; may you drink your wine; may your limbs be purified by your libation. (WWO)
The cycle of the gods is in rejoicing at thy rising; the earth is in gladness seeing thy rays; come forth the ancestors with cries of joy to see thy beauties every day. (BDB)
December 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The cycle of the gods is in rejoicing at thy rising; the earth is in gladness seeing thy rays; come forth the ancestors with cries of joy to see thy beauties every day. (BDB)
Seth, bearer of his vessels full of good wine from the vineyards of Bahariya, the kegs in his hand full of the new eye of Horus to rejoice your heart, you drink from it, those who are in your following drink from it as well, you rejoice, their hearts are happy. (OGC)
December 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Seth, bearer of his vessels full of good wine from the vineyards of Bahariya, the kegs in his hand full of the new eye of Horus to rejoice your heart, you drink from it, those who are in your following drink from it as well, you rejoice, their hearts are happy. (OGC)
Take the sign of life, Living lord, venerable sol who makes infinity live, you are the one who gives life to all people, who makes the living live by your work. (OGC)
December 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Take the sign of life, Living lord, venerable sol who makes infinity live, you are the one who gives life to all people, who makes the living live by your work. (OGC)
May you be dignified with wine; may you be rejuvenated with wine; the Eye of Horus has removed your evil; may you drink Pelusium wine; may you sieze Imet; Egypt submits before you. (WWO)
December 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
May you be dignified with wine; may you be rejuvenated with wine; the Eye of Horus has removed your evil; may you drink Pelusium wine; may you sieze Imet; Egypt submits before you. (WWO)
Hail to you and praise to Re! The heads of the Children of Impotence have been removed. (BDF)
December 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Hail to you and praise to Re! The heads of the Children of Impotence have been removed. (BDF)
There took shape in the heart, there took shape on the tongue the form of Atum. For the very great one is Ptah, who gave (life) to all the gods and their kas through this heart and through this tongue. (Memphite Theology) (ALL)
December 13, 2025 at 6:10 AM
There took shape in the heart, there took shape on the tongue the form of Atum. For the very great one is Ptah, who gave (life) to all the gods and their kas through this heart and through this tongue. (Memphite Theology) (ALL)
Unas eats their magic, swallows their spirits: their big ones are for his morning meal, their middle ones for his evening meal, their little ones for his night meal, and the oldest males and females for his fuel. (Pyramid Texts) (ALL)
December 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Unas eats their magic, swallows their spirits: their big ones are for his morning meal, their middle ones for his evening meal, their little ones for his night meal, and the oldest males and females for his fuel. (Pyramid Texts) (ALL)
I am their bull, becoming strong moment by moment, I copulate, I have gained strength for millions of years. (BDB)
December 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I am their bull, becoming strong moment by moment, I copulate, I have gained strength for millions of years. (BDB)
He who steps gently, his path is paved. He who frets all day has no happy moment, he who's gay all day can't keep house. (Instruction of Ptahhotep) (ALL)
December 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
He who steps gently, his path is paved. He who frets all day has no happy moment, he who's gay all day can't keep house. (Instruction of Ptahhotep) (ALL)
May I smite the ass, may I drive off the rebel-serpent, may I destroy A/pep when he acts, for I have seen the abdju-fish in its moment of being and the bulti-fish piloting the canoe on its waterway. (BDF)
December 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
May I smite the ass, may I drive off the rebel-serpent, may I destroy A/pep when he acts, for I have seen the abdju-fish in its moment of being and the bulti-fish piloting the canoe on its waterway. (BDF)
Follow your heart as long as you live, do no more than is required, do not shorten the time of 'follow-the-heart', trimming its moment offends the ka. (Instruction of Ptahhotep) (ALL)
December 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Follow your heart as long as you live, do no more than is required, do not shorten the time of 'follow-the-heart', trimming its moment offends the ka. (Instruction of Ptahhotep) (ALL)
I am their bull, becoming strong moment by moment, I copulate, I have gained strength for millions of years. (BDB)
December 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I am their bull, becoming strong moment by moment, I copulate, I have gained strength for millions of years. (BDB)
O Hathor, your altar is cleansed by the water; your altar is purified by the incense; you are cleansed by Horus; you are purified by Thoth. (OGC)
December 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
O Hathor, your altar is cleansed by the water; your altar is purified by the incense; you are cleansed by Horus; you are purified by Thoth. (OGC)
If you are mighty, gain respect through knowledge and through gentleness of speech. (Instruction of Ptahhotep) (ALL)
December 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
If you are mighty, gain respect through knowledge and through gentleness of speech. (Instruction of Ptahhotep) (ALL)
See among whom this King stands, the horns on his head being those of two wild bulls, for you are a black ram, the son of a black ewe, whom a white ewe bore, whom the four teats(?) suckled. (PTF)
December 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
See among whom this King stands, the horns on his head being those of two wild bulls, for you are a black ram, the son of a black ewe, whom a white ewe bore, whom the four teats(?) suckled. (PTF)