Kasumiriana: переводы

→Walt had an identical amulet among his own collection of talismans, which provided us a magic line of communication, and even the ability to summon the other person to our side in emergencies.

→By sunset, I was ready to lead my troops into battle. I’d picked out quite a nice black strapless dress and put black lowlights in my blond hair, with just a touch of dark makeup for that risen-from-the-grave look. I wore simple flats for dancing (despite what Carter says, I do not wear combat boots all the time; just ninety percent of the time), the silver tyet amulet from my mother’s jewelry box, and the pendant Walt had given me for my last birthday with the Egyptian symbol of eternity, shen.

→Gengen-Wer: the goose god

→That night the Texas magicians were hosting a party in the sculpture garden across the street from the Dallas Museum of Art. The men wore tuxedos and cowboy boots. The women wore evening dresses and hairdos like explosions of candy floss.

→Had it not been for the protective hieroglyphs on
the exterior, I doubt the box would have survived its
journey.

→Rekhet: healer

→Sistrum: bronze noisemaker

→Tyet: the symbol of Isis

→Was: power; staff

→Tas “Bind”

→Se-kebeb “Make cold”

→Sa-hei “Bring down”

→Ma’at “Restore order”

→Maw “Water”

→Tjesu heru: a snake with two heads—one on its tail—and dragon legs

→Sheut: one of the five parts of the soul: the shadow; can also mean statue

→Shen: eternal; eternity

→Sau: a charm maker

→Ren: one of the five parts of the soul: the secret name; identity

→Netjeri blade: a knife made from meteoric iron for the opening of the mouth in a ceremony