Among the numerous deities in the ancient Egyptian mythology, whose
nature and function are still vague and obscure, are ms.w Bdst -
'Children of Weakness'. These beings are twice mentioned in the
Book of the Dead chapter 17. The text fragments contain two local
versions of the myth with ms.w Bdst - Hermopolitan (Urk. V: Abs.
1), and Heliopolitan (Urk. V: Abs. 22). Since the last text
describes the combat between Re and the 'Children of Weakness', the
same is likely to be reflected on the vignette, which depicts the
battle of Re against ms.w Bdst, metaphorically shown in the form of
a serpent. This book is a comprehensive study of the 'Children of
Weakness' myth and the scene depicting the cat, cutting off the
head of the serpent under the branches of the isd-tree found on the
number of Book of the Dead chapter 17 vignettes.
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