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TEACHERS: Mr. Nicky is booking his 2024 virtual assemblies and online history songwriting lessons! These programs (via Zoom/Google Meet/etc.) meet state learning standards in both social studies and ELA, and they’re tons of fun. Please send an e-mail to mrnickychicago@ for full information. (Students will not receive a response, but thank you for your support!) - LYRICS BELOW - Here's the MERCH! : Egyptian Mythology Song By Mr. Nicky To the Tune of “Despacito (Remix)” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, ft. Justin Bieber Backing tracks property of Karaoke Version/Tency Music. When I’m mummified, I’ll live forever My heart will weigh lighter than a feather, yeah They’ll drain my brain out then they’ll put my organs in canopic jars They’ll leave food for my Ka to eat and my Ba’s personality must recognize my body that’s why they’ll embalm me, embalm me Osiris will accept my soul down in Duat Because I obeyed the cosmic order of Ma’at I honored the Great Pesedjet So I’ll avoid a second death Do it or Ammit will eat your lead heart Shu is the air god, Tefnut is the moisture goddess Nut and Geb are sky and earth their kids are Nebet Hut, Seth, Osiris, Isis and Horus the Elder O yeah, Ra He’s our sun and light He’s our creator god He controls the seasons and he grows our crops His eye is a goddess and his tears made humans Seth, Ra, Nit, Sobek, Horus the Younger, Elder, Hathor Imhotep, Bastet, Geb, Tefnut, Shu, Nut, Anubis, Osiris, Sekmet, Khnum, Nebet Hut, Isis, Thoth Sekmet’s lethal Taking all her vengeance out upon the people Imhotep has been deified but once was real Seth cut up Osiris, he’s a source of evil Thankfully poor Isis put her husband back together Before Osiris went under She conceived Horus the Younger (Not the Elder, he’s the Younger, baby) He defeated Seth, now he’s our god of war and battle The question that we have to ask now Is Seth an aardvark, fox or jackal? Our gods can be portrayed as combos of human forms and animals If they’re like snakes they’re scoundrels If they have horns they’re powerful Many gods are similar to others like Atum He's like Ptah or Amun-Ra in the New Kingdom Yes over time our gods would absorb into one another Many villages had myths that seemed to conflict with each other Is Hathor the wife of Ra, his daughter or his mommy? Or is his mom Nit? She’ll knit me my mummy I see a funerary boat bringing me to see Thoth He is writing down All the deeds of deceased souls Magic spells can take you down to see his face, he’s got a baboon or an ibis bird for a cabeza (head) I see a funerary boat bringing me to see Thoth he is writing down All the deeds of deceased souls Get some amulets and a Book of the Dead then You will have some underworld journey protection, oh yeah Seth, Ra, Nit, Sobek, Horus the Younger, Elder, Hathor Imhotep, Bastet, Geb, Tefnut, Shu, Nut, Anubis, Osiris, Sekmet, Khnum, Nebet Hut, Isis, Thoth Cats are sacred Bastet is their patron and mummification Is handled by Anubis he uses natron Sobek is a crocodile but Seth’s more dangerous Thankfully poor Isis put her husband back together Before Osiris went under She conceived Horus the Younger (Not the Elder, he’s the Younger, baby) He defeated Seth, now he’s our god of war and battle He is incarnated as our Pharaoh But the kid is Greek to me now Death’s so sweet, no? You’ll be granted entrance to The Field of Reeds Opening up your mouth’s our last ceremony Go take you’re grave goods with you to eternity, go! (vamanos) I see a funerary boat bringing me to see Thoth he is writing down All the deeds of deceased souls You’ll be safe in your sarcophagus We’ll bury you in the necropolis I see a funerary boat bringing me to see Thoth he is writing down All the deeds of deceased souls You get a mastaba or pyramid Thankfully you can afford it Death’s so sweet, no?
