Portals to the Halls of Osiris
The 21 Gates to the Hall of Osiris
(Work in Progress)
First Gate: woman + baboon faced woman + vulture with rams horns (Names?)
Second Gate:
3 Crocodile headed deity
4 Bull headed deity
Fifth Gate "Heneb Reku (Henty Reky)" (He who drives his enemies far off) black dog headed deity
6 Sematy rams head
7 Iukenti ox head
8 Qutgetef
9 Dendeni the Furious ass headed
12 Miu "The Cat"+
15 Nehes -her-per-em-duat Bird headed He who Face is Dark Coming from Duat
16 Dikesu-uden-bega per em mut
Neb-neru "Lord of Terror
Hery-maat "He who commands the Truth
However According to Budge
| Doorkeeper | Watcher | Herald |
| Seket-hra-asht-aru | Semetu | Hukheru |
| Tun-hat | Seket-hra | Sabes |
| Am-haat-ent-pehfi | Res-hra | Uaau |
| Khesaf-hra-asht-kheru | Res-ab | Neteka-hra-khesef-atu |
| Ankhem-fentu | Askebu | Tebherkehaat |
| Akentank-ha-kheru | An-hra | Metes-hru-ari-she |
| Metes-sen | Aaa-khenu | Khesef-hra-khemiu |
in th hall of judgement two pools Hetep Field?? Field of Offerings??
Elysian Fields = Field of Reeds? "Iaru (A'aru, Illaiu) Reeds
Lake of Flowers
Cakes of Osiris
always beside flowing waters and "blessed with breezes
vary with cult and time and location
Fields of the Blessed ?
fields of peace
Four dog faced baboons? that guarded the a rectangular lake of fire that guarded the entrance to the underworld
Four pools (of Fire)
Four Islands
pillar of Fire being buried ditto crystal sceptre
Maati realm of Maati inner circle of heaven
The complex concept of an Afterlife with some form of Judgement the unworthy being punished being eaten by a Ammit: a demon with crocodile's jaws the forepart of a leopard and the hindquarters of a hippo definitely comes underthe term punishment! and a reward of eternal life in the fields and Nile of a Celestial River Kingdom above the Sky. and for adventure one could always join Ra in his battles through the twelve caverns of the night.
Duat Tuat Underworld twelve caverns or halls of the night
Ra's solar boat day boat sektet
"Semketet" (Evening boat of the Sun), a luxurious (but slow) river cruise liner and its itinery - departing on the 11th July and arriving at Tel el Amarna on the 13th. It's Harder to find out about the sister ship the
Crew of boat Horus at helm Thoth in Prow during day
at night his place was taken by thoth's deputy "Upuaut"opener of the way at prow wolf or wolfheaded man armed
These texts were painted on the walls of the Tombs of later dynasties The deceased would be escorted into the presence of a jury comprising 42 peeers representing 14 deities associated with Ra in his Solar barge or the Patron Deities of the 42 Nomes of Egypt.
Book of Portals
Originally in the new Kingdom there were 21 Gates to the Hall odf Osiris
1 woman + baboon faced woman + vulture with rams horns
2 UN-hat-sen, black face d ram deity doorkeeper
black leonine +faced female deity with two writhing snakes horns
Qed-her She who turns her head around" the guardian
Imsus man the annunciator
3 Crocodile headed
4 Bull headed
5 Heneb Reku black dog head Henty Reki "he who drives his enemies far off"
6 Sematy rams head
7 Iukenti ox head
8 Qutgetef
9 Dendeni the Furious ass headed
12 Miu "The Cat"+
15 Nehes -her-per-em-duat Bird headed He who Face is Dark Coming from Duat
16Dikesu-uden-bega per em mut
Neb-neru "Lord of Terror
Hery-maat "He who commands the Truth
Hraf-Het ferryman on the Celestial Lake of Duat Charon he who looks behind himself
Trees
Tamarisk Tree "Asher" Osiris' coffin made from its wood home of various sacred creatures
Ished Tree Tree of Life Persea Tree Thoth and Seshat write the names of the kings of Egypt on its leaves
Located at site of Shub (mythical Hermopolis) Ra rises from this point at dawn
Guarded by the Cat of heliopolis depicted site of the nightly slayong of Apep and home of the bennu bird
Sycamore Tree Nehet an aspect of Hathor, Nut or sometimes Isis who prrovide nourishment or suckle to the newly reborn