This is a list of all the 189 known spells in the Book of the Dead, and what they are for.
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1. For the day of burial. Often accompanied with a lavish vignette showing a funerary procession. A spell for going out into the day. 1B. Recitation for the day of burial. Spell for permitting the noble dead to descend to the Netherworld on the day of the interment. 2. A spell for going out into the day and living after death. 3. Another like it. 4. Spell for passing on the upper road of Rosetjau. Rosetjau is the "name of the Necropolis of Giza or Memphis, later extended to the Other World in general." 5. Spell for not doing work in the realm of the dead. 6. A shabti spell. First attested as Spell 472 of the Coffin Texts. The text of the spell reads:
7. Protection from animals
8. Spell for opening up the West by day. 9. Identifies the owner with the god Horus, son of Osiris; and affirming that Osiris will triumph over his enemy Seth, and asks for the gods to open a path for him. In the Papyrus of Ani this spell reads:
10. Another spell for a man's going out into the day against his foes in the realm of the dead. 11. Spell for going out against a foe in the realm of the dead. 12. Spell for going in and out. 13. Spell for going in and out of the West. 14. Spell for removing anger from the heart of the god. 15. A hymn to the sun-god. Not a standard text; any one of a number of hymns might be used. 16. Not a text but a large vignette depicting the sunrise, referring to the daily rebirth of Ra 17. A text about the nature of the creator-god Atum. This is one of the longest, most complex, and most frequently included spells; the text is often so obscure that it incorporates comments or glosses explaining the meaning of the words or offering alternatives. The purpose of this spell was to ensure the owner could demonstrate his knowledge of religious secrets if challenged in the afterlife. It is first known as Spell 335 of the Coffin Texts. Part of the spell, as found in the Papyrus of Ani, reads:
{ { blockquote|All the evil which was on me has been removed. What does that mean? It means that I was cleansed on the day of my birth in the two great and noble marshes which are in Heracleopolis on the day when the common folk make offerings to the Great God who is therein.
What are they? 'Eternity' is the name of one; 'sea' is the name of the other. They are the Lake of Natron and the Lake of Maat.
Otherwise said: Eternity governs' is the name of one; 'Sea' is the name of the other.Otherwise said: '''Seed of Eternity' is the name of one; 'sea' is the name of the other. As for that Great God who is therein, he is Ra himself |Book of the Dead, spell 17.}}18. Often paired with Spell 1719. Enables the dead to wear a 'wreath of vindication', a floral garland bestowed after the completion of the Weighing of the Heart.20. The deceased appeals to Thoth to vindicate him before the tribunals of the gods.