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The Coming of the Bas

"Concentrated darkness, the cool water region of the gods, The place from which the birds come. These are at Nut's north-western side to her north-eastern side Which open to the Duat which is at her northern side.

The faces of these birds are like those of human beings, But their form is that of birds. They speak with each other in the tongue of humans. But when they come to eat herbs and feed in Egypt, They settle under the rays of the sky and adopt their avian form."