Egyptian Mythology: Daily Life of the Desert God

Chapter 29 Human Authority
Recalling Ankh, Seth opened the God's Gate to the city of Heliopolis.

Passing through the Gate of God, you will see the majestic city engraved with the Sun God pattern.

and the deserted roads outside the city.

There should not be many gods in the city, Hathor must be there.

With his thoughts spreading, Seth slowly walked towards the city.

During the day, Ra has been patrolling the underworld, and at night, Ra will be on the earth and fighting the devil snakes under the sky.

Before the fight, Ra will return to the city of Heliopolis, leaving the underworld chariot behind and turning to the thousand-year ship.

All Seth has to do is wait at the Wannian Ship.

Entering the city, Seth prepared to walk towards the Pantheon.

Hathor came from the other side of the city and called to him.

"Set, wait a minute."

Perfect face, perfect head-to-body ratio, perfect clothes.

Even though it was not the first time he saw Hathor, Set would still marvel at her beauty.

"Are there any newly cultivated seeds that you want to hand over?" Seth asked.

"No." Hathor shook his head and said, "Let's talk in my temple, okay?"

It was morning now, and there were still a dozen suns left, so Seth agreed.

In addition, he was also a little curious, what did Hathor want from him?

Seeing that Seth agreed, Hathor smiled and led the way.

Passing through the temples of lower gods and upper gods is the temple of the main gods.

Hathor's temple looked as perfect as she did.

The proportions of the stone pillars, the arrangement of the carved divine patterns, and the matching of the paintings.

The interior of the temple is like a house built by humans in an oasis.

There are complete tables, chairs and benches, as well as green plants and clay pots for water storage.

Seth was a little surprised, but not surprised.

After all, Hathor loves humans, so it is normal for the temple to be arranged like this.

This also reminded Seth of the secrets about Hathor that even Thoth didn't know about.

If I asked Hathor now, would she tell him the ancient secret?

"Wine." Hathor placed a glass of wine in front of Set.

Seth was pulled back from his thoughts and said, "Can we talk now?"

Hesitation appeared on Hathor's face.

This made Seth even more suspicious, what on earth is going on?

After a while, Hathor stopped hesitating and looked at Seth sincerely.

"Set, I want to ask you to give up 70% of your desert territory."

Upon hearing this, Seth was stunned.

He had thought about what Hathor would say.

But I didn't expect Hathor to say that he would lose his authority.

However, Set did not get up and leave immediately, but asked Hathor.

"Why did you make this request?"

Authority is the foundation of God, and it is also a taboo of God.

Hathor made this request for no reason. He wanted to know if there was a god behind it.

"The desert is not suitable for human survival." Hathor sighed and said: "The higher gods and lower gods are afraid of you."

"So they don't dare to use their own authority to truly protect mankind."

"Even Osiris did not use his authority with Isis to turn the desert into a plain."

"If they did that, the number of humans would increase a thousand or ten thousand times in just a few decades."

Seth listened quietly.

Hathor glanced at Set and said, "The god Ra held a divine council to increase the number of humans."

"Thereby reviving the underworld and growing into the real world."

"This is the oracle of Ra and cannot be changed."

"The gods are taking care of you now, but they already have the idea of ​​asking Shu to hold a divine council."

"The result of the divine meeting must be that you give up most of the desert territory."

Set did not deny what Hathor said. In fact, Set knew that Ra had sent an oracle, asking God to bless mankind and increase the number of mankind on a large scale.

The gods will obey and do this whether they like it or not.

He has been waiting to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, which actually has another meaning.

That is forcing the gods to find another way.

Just like Osiris researching new wheat species to increase desert food production, rather than directly plains the desert.

The other gods could follow suit.

The best outcome is that the loss of his authority will be negligible.

At the same time, the number of humans has increased massively.

But no one has come forward among the gods, and they are going to hold a divine meeting.

He was too naive and underestimated the gods.

However, asking him to voluntarily give up his authority, Seth smiled bitterly.

"Thank you for your persuasion, Hathor."

"But voluntarily giving up 70% of the desert territory..."

Set didn't say the rest, but Hathor understood.

Hathor sat down, took out the Ankh, protected the temple with divine power, and said seriously.

"Set, you must give up!"

"Why?" Seth looked at Hathor with confusion on his face.

Hathor said it was a request, but it didn't sound like she was asking for anything.

It's more like Hathor's sincere persuasion as a true friend.

This was also the reason for Seth's confusion. He and Hathor had only met three or four times.

The only words she spoke to were the last time she asked her to hand over the seeds, and this conversation.

They are not even ordinary friends, let alone close friends?
Hearing this, Hathor's eyebrows showed a little sadness.

"The god Ra wants to increase the number of humans in order to revive the underworld."

"After the underworld no longer needs humans, you will take back the desert territory, and the gods will not be able to refute it."

"At that time, the plains will turn into deserts, and there will be countless human casualties."

At this point, Seth understood.

I also understood why Hathor said it was a request when he was clearly analyzing the pros and cons for him.

"You want me to never take back the desert territory." Seth said firmly.

Hathor looked ashamed, but still nodded vigorously: "Yes."

"I can't do it." Seth refused directly.

In fact, Seth feels very frustrated now.

But there was nothing he could do, because now he was standing against the gods.

Even with Isis, Osiris, and Nephthys supporting him, he could not fight against the gods.

"I can help you get new authority as compensation." Hathor said, not surprised by Seth's refusal.

When Seth heard this sentence, he felt familiar.

Yes, the hidden existence calling himself Sobek also told him that he could give him new authority.

I don't believe three words, Seth wanted to say.

But when the words came out, it became.

"What authority?"

"Human." Hathor said seriously.

"Human." Seth repeated the word unconsciously.

Seth then searched for the fused memory and discovered that among the gods, there was indeed no human god.

There are gods such as the snake god Wadjet and the red fish god Rekhs.

Opposite people should also have gods.

"Yes, human authority." A trace of pain flashed in Hathor's eyes, and he said: "After possessing it, the increase in the number of humans will be the increase in your power."

"Enough to make up for the 70% of the desert territory you lost."

Set's heart was moved, but he asked the decisive question: "Will Ra give me human authority?"

Only Ra can give God new authority, and Seth knew this very well.

(End of this chapter)