e eye of Ra; the great one of
Tentyra; the lady of heaven; the queen of gods and goddesses; the great
Mat ... the female sun; the first in Tentyra; the true one amongst gods;
the young; the daughter of a young ... [?] the beauty who appears in
heaven; the truth which regulates the world at the prow of the bark of the
sun; the queen and mistress of awe; the mistress of goddesses, Isis, the
great, the mother of the god."

The following texts from Brugsch are explicit enough: "The temple of
Tentyra is fitted up for a bride, and is occupied by a bride." "The temple
of Tentyra is in bridal array and contains a bride on the beautiful
festival of the birth of the sun." "The temple of Tentyra is fitted up for
a bridal and is in possession of a bride on her beautiful festival of the
birth of the sun (mas-ra)."

The birth of a male or female Horus, of a young sun or moon, is alluded to
in other texts as the "feast of the child in its cradle," and coincided
with New Year's day. According to Brugsch, the festival of the child in
its ses=cradle, nest, or couch, undoubtedly coincided with New Year's day,
as is proven by the following inscription: "The bringing of the band of
stuff to the great Isis, the mother of the god, for the obtainment of a
happy year. Receive, receive happy years on the day of the night of the
child in its cradle!"... It is usual to interpret the birth of the young
child, or sun of the New Year as a mere allegory of the astronomical fact
and it may have been thus in later times. On the other hand, historical
data prove that the actual birth of a "child," the offspring of a royal
sacramental marriage, did take place in the temple and that children, thus
born, afterwards became the rulers of Egypt.

"At Luqsor, ... a great temple was built by Amenhotep III (B.C. 1414-1379)
to 'his father Amen,' with special reference to the divine conception of
the king.... His birth is the great subject of the temple ... and his
mother Mut-em-ua is the prominent figure in those scenes, pointing to her
being important as queen-mother...." Of the later king Hor-em-heb (B.C.
1332-1328) it is inscribed: "Amen, king of the gods, dandled him ... when
he came forth from the womb he was enveloped in reverence, the aspect of a
god was upon him; the arm was bowed to him as a child and great and small
did obeisance before him " (Flinders Petrie, _op. cit._ pp. 177, 190 and
248).

The small Isis temple to the east of the great temple of