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Heriu - renpet designated in the Egyptian calendar specific additional days, the Epagomenen. In the early days of the Old Kingdom no assignment to particular Egyptian deities can be seen for the five intercalary days, as the Egyptians assumed that the five transition days are dominated by the Chatiu daemons.
Plutarch (Is. Os et. 12) explains, Thoth ( Hermes) won those five days at the game against Khonsu ( Selene ), so that they can ( Rhea ) provide groove. These have used them to give birth to their part in adultery conceived children, since a curse of her husband Geb (Kronos ) had weighed on her.
Background
Old and Middle Kingdom
Closely related to Heriu - renpet originally stood the month Wepet - renpet and the goddess Sopdet, represented by the star Sirius. From the pre-dynastic period represented by the end of the Middle Kingdom Heru- renpet the time around the beginning of June, with the beginning of the New Kingdom about June 27 to July 3. The Heriu - renpet the Nile flood and the season Akhet were still assigned to the Old Kingdom and were between the month Ipet - hemet as " years closer" and the Wepet - renpet as " Jahresöffner ".
With the introduction of the 5th Dynasty, Osiris worship a reference to other deities is seen in the pyramid texts for the first time. The sky goddess Nut watches over the Heriu - renpet. It applies in this context as the wife of Geb and "mother of the (five) gods, whose oldest god Osiris was slain by his brother Seth ." Groove "so inflamed their torches as stars " who should take over the supervision of the sky. Subsequently, the Egyptians were the five intercalary days to " the works of creation ," the " could be interrupted under any circumstances ." If this requirement is not met, " the heavens, the earth and the leap days are no more; the sacrifice to the gods and lords of Heliopolis will no longer be. " The cult of the " sacred intercalary days " was connected to the Ennead of Heliopolis, on 17 Schemu II victims to Seth brought in order not to endanger the order of Maat.
In addition were the leap days in the sign of Sopdet and their Memphite equating Sekhmet: " The messenger of Sekhmet carry the plague through the lands. Who knows the name of leap days, will neither hunger nor thirst. He is the Jahrespest not fall prey. Sekhmet has no power over him. Establish regular at these bad days no work at grain and clothes. Start Does not matter. " Additional " Sayings against the plague of the Year" titulieren during the intercalary days the messengers of Sekhmet as a " disease demons that follow the year " or "as intercalary days, do not let the year pass without rage ."
The texts dating from the Middle Kingdom papyrus Rhind show the first assignments of the Heriu - renpet to certain deities: " On the day of the birth of Seth, he can ( with thunder) heard from him; on the day of the birth of Isis rains of Heaven ( Tears) ". The book of the intercalary days called in this context, further assignments: The first day was " the festival of Osiris, who is like the Nile perch in his ponds "; the second day as the "festival of Horus, which is as pure bull in his fields "; the third day as " the festival of Harachte, the Falcon with everlasting beauty "; the fourth day as " the festival of Isis, as a child, who is in his nest " and the fifth day as " the festival of pure fish before the boat of Re".
In the Calendar of acrobats troupe, consisting of the 35th year of the reign of Sesostris III. comes, the definition of the intercalary days is occupied on the fourth Schemu - month, so have the character as " years closer" and were characterized in the diagonal star clocks isolated as a special celebration.
New Kingdom
During the Ramesside period the allocation of leap days changed. The fifth leap dated now as a double birthday of re- Harachte and Nephthys on the first day of the first month of Akhet. The third day is now devoted to Seth, who was previously with the fifth day in context.
Alan Gardiner as well as Richard Anthony Parker suggests that the months during the calendar year history changed the shape and shifted with about 30 days back. This was due to the coupling of Sopdet to the heliacal rising of Sirius, who walked slowly with the season Heriu - renpet until the end of the second millennium BC to the beginning of July and was ultimately responsible for the relocation of months.
In the year 237 BC, the five birthdays in the Canopus Decree with the birthday of Ptolemy III. supplemented. Heriu - renpet followed directly after the fourth month of the season Schemu.
Subsequent division of the day
- First Additional day: Birthday of Osiris
- Second Additional day: Birthday of Horus
- Third Additional day: Birthday of Seth
- Fourth Additional day: Birthday of Isis
- Five additional day: Birthday of Nephthys
- (Sixth additional day: Birthday of Ptolemy III (October 18 ) from 237 BC. )