Transformation Into A Bennu Bird

[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 10).]

[THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A BENNU BIRD.] The
chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:

“I came(52) into being from unformed matter. I came into existence like
the god Khepera, I have germinated like the things which germinate
(_i.e._, plants), and I have dressed myself like the Tortoise.(53) I am
[of] the germs of every god. I am Yesterday of the four [quarters of the
world] and of those seven Uræi which came into existence in Amentet, that
is to say, [Horus, who emitteth light from his divine body. He is] the god
[who] fought against Suti, but the god Thoth cometh between them through
the judgment of him that dwelleth in Sekhem, and of the Souls who are in
Annu, and there is a stream between them. I have come by day, and I have
risen in the footsteps of the gods. I am the god Khensu, who driveth back
all that oppose him.”

[IF] THIS CHAPTER [BE KNOWN BY THE DECEASED] HE SHALL COME FORTH PURE BY
DAY AFTER HIS DEATH, AND HE SHALL PERFORM WHATSOEVER TRANSFORMATIONS HIS
HEART DESIRETH. HE SHALL BE IN THE FOLLOWING OF UN-NEFER, AND HE SHALL BE
SATISFIED WITH THE FOOD OF OSIRIS AND WITH SEPULCHRAL MEALS. [HE] SHALL
SEE THE DISK, [HE] SHALL BE IN GOOD CASE UPON EARTH BEFORE RA, AND HE
SHALL BE TRIUMPHANT BEFORE OSIRIS, AND NO EVIL THING WHATSOEVER SHALL HAVE
DOMINION OVER HIM FOREVER AND EVER.