. “Let the Great one fall upon his belly”!
[2.] The ancient text had only four crocodiles, and only four are mentioned in the text of Bekenrenef. The Turin text speaks of eight; two for each of the cardinal points. But the Saitic text already has two invocations instead of one for each crocodile.
[3.] The sense of this myth is obvious. Every star which sets is supposed to be swallowed by the Crocodile of the West. It was stated in [note 3] to chapter 15 that the
are stars.[[50]] Besides the