Record #2
Abtu and Anet
Twin sacred fishes that eternally accompany the solar barque through sky and underworld.
Original Text
As all Egyptians knew, Abtu and Anet were two life-sized fishes, identical and holy, that swam on the lookout for danger before the prow of the sun god’s ship. Their course was endless; by day the craft sailed the sky from east to west, from dawn to dusk, and by night made its way underground in the opposite direction.