To commemorate the day Sekhmet repulsed Set, the following is a litany from the Temple of Horus, Edfu:
Praise to You, O Eye of Ra
Fire-breathing Lion
Lady of protection Who surrounds Her creator
You Who illumine the Double Land with Your flame
You give the faculty of sight to all
Lady of Flame
Great of Flame
Great of Terror,
She Who protects with Her Flame
the One Who makes every eye to see, without blindness happening
when She rises, the Light appears
when She goes back, Darkness comes
She Who clothes Her Master in Her Light
She Who conceals Him inside Her pupil
Ardent Flame, She Who lights a fire, when She took the torch
She Whose flame is well-respected among mankind
She Who causes Her flame to rise
She for Whom the two skies open at once after She shows Herself in splendor
She Who enters in the opening of the mountains
She from Which the flame fills for Ra the Double Land
She Who fashions Her Lord on Herself
She Whose place is preeminent in front of Him
the One Who spreads out Your(King’s) terror upon everything
the One Who has been asked for life by those who rest in Your (King’s) hand
the One Who does not push away the arm’s grip
the One Who establishes Her domination in the House of the Gods
Lady of Light
the One Who is in Her moment of rage
She Who grasps hearts for Herself
Lady of Life Who awards according to Her desire
She Who presides over the country
Lady of Vegetation
Generous One
Sekhmet who protects the Double Land
the Curled One
Lady of Obscurity
the One Who moves in light
Preeminent in the Mansion of Fire
the One Who loves Ma’at
She Who detests unrighteousness!
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