AS: "Please document the AE sources that say the sun was recognized as the equivalent of a star."


The Sun was the brightest star in their sky - that is a fact and is not up for discussion.


I do not claim the AE thought the Sun was the brightest star in their sky, so there is no need for me to document AE sources.

However, I have given this issue some thought, and it turns out its an interesting field of study. Some texts concerning Horus, and some depictions, seem to suggest the AE did indeed think of the Sun as the brightest star in their sky, but a lot more research needs to done on this before I reach any conclusions.



>
> The glare of the Sun's light gradually overwhelmed
> the light of the other stars so they were not
> visible, but the stars were still in the sky - if
> not - where were they?


AS: "The AE sources said they were swallowed by Nut... not "still there but overwhelmed by Re". If you have evidence to the contrary, I'd like to see it."



You are getting yourself into an unneccessary muddle - unnecessary because I explained this very carefully in my initial post - here it is again:


"Three aspects of the disappearance of stars should be noted:

1. stars disappear when they set below the western horizon - this phenomena necessitated an explanation that was incorporated into AE funerary rituals.

2. stars had to 'travel' from the western horizon back to the eastern horizon - this phenomena necessitated explanations that were incorporated into AE afterlife beliefs.

3. stars gradually faded from sight as the Sun rose."



You are confusing 1 with 3.


The Book of Nut states that setting stars were eaten by Nut who is depicted as arched over the earth. The stars then traveled from west to east through her body, back to the eastern horizon, in direct contradiction to what you were previously asserting, here: [www.hallofmaat.com]



But my question does not concern setting stars, but stars that filled the whole sky when the Sun rose and whose lights were gradually overwhelmed by the glare of the Sun.


"The glare of the Sun's light gradually overwhelmed the light of the other stars so they were not visible, but the stars were still in the sky - if not - where were they?"


Are you able to answer the question?



>btw Unis 'sent off' the hour-stars.

AS: "Yes. That does not mean they are still there, though. It means they were sent off. The meaning seems quite understandable."



Well if its so understandable why don't you explain what you think it means?


Here is a one scholar's explanation:

Faulkner's translation: "the King has dispatched the hours;" Faulkners note: "i.e. has brought the time-marking stars into view in a clear sky; for this sense of Dsr compare Dsr pt xaa Axtyw 'the sky is cleared and the horizon dwellers rejoice', CT i, 223a; similarly in the sense of 'clearing a road, ibid. 223e........"


CT