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And Heru- Behutet did battle with the Enemy for a period of time, and he hurled his iron lance at him, and he throw him down on the ground in this region, which is called Pa-Rerehtu unto this day. And the name of the priest thereof is called Ur-Tenten unto this day.
And Heru- Behutet flew up into the horizon in the form of the great Winged Disk, for which reason he is called "Great god, lord of heaven," unto this day.
Then he attacked them with such violence that they became dazed, and could neither see where they were going, nor hear, the result of this being that they slew each other, and in a very short time they were all dead. Thoth, seeing this, told Ra that because Horus had appeared as a great winged disk he must be called "Heru- Behutet," and by this name Horus was known ever after at Edfu.
After this Isis appointed Horus of Behutet to be the protecting deity of her son Horus. The fight between the Sun-god and Set was a very favourite subject with Egyptian writers, and there are many forms of it.
PLATE VII. Horus of Behutet and Ra-Harmakhis in a shrine. PLATE VIII. Horus of Behutet and Harmakhis in a shrine. PLATE X. Left: Horus of Behutet spearing a Typhonic animal, and holding his prisoners with rope. Right: Horus of Behutet, accompanied by Ra-Harmakhis and Menu, spearing the Hippopotamus-fiend.
And the Majesty of Ra said unto Heru- Behutet, "What hath happened to the enemies? And Thoth said unto Ra, "Uast in the nome of Mertet is called Uaseb because of this unto this day, and the Lake which is in it is called Tempt."
Now the King of Egypt was always called Horus, and the priests of Edfu wishing to magnify their local god, Horus of Behutet, or Horus of Edfu, attributed to him the conquests of this human, and probably predynastic, king.
When Horus returned in triumph to Edfu, Ra ordered that an image of the winged Disk should be placed in each of his sanctuaries, and that in every place wherein a winged Disk was set, that sanctuary should be a sanctuary of Horus of Behutet.
The winged disks which are seen above the doorways of the temples still standing in Egypt show that the command of Ra, was faithfully carried out by the priests. PLATE XIII. Horus of Behutet in the form of a lion slaying his foes. PLATE XIV. The Procreation of Horus, son of Isis. The text which contains this legend is found cut in hieroglyphics upon a stele which is now preserved in Paris.
And Thoth said, "The city Teb shall be called the city of Heru-Behutet," and thus is it called unto this day. Then said Ra to Heru- Behutet, "There is sweet life in this place," and for this reason the abode of the palace of Heru-Behutet is called "Sweet Life" unto this day.
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