Ra sent Hathor as his eye (cobra snake) to punish the rebels, who began to destroy them with fire. This was depicted as paradise, but humans rebelled against the aging sun god, Ra. In the beginning daylight was always present, and humans and gods cohabited on earth.
The Book of the Divine Cow begins with the "Myth of the Destruction of Mankind", the Egyptian version of the story of the great flood. Passages from these books are mostly found in Ramessid period tombs. She swallows the sun at the close of the day and gives birth to it each morning. For example, the Book of the Night, like other books, documents the sun's journey but set within Nut, goddess of the heavens. Closely related is The Book of the Celestial Cow. There are actually a number of individual books, but the better documented of these include the Book of the Day, the Book of the Night and the Book of Nut. This book, developed during the late New Kingdom, describes the sun's passage through the heavens.
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