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Myth / culture
Painted gods and the stories that counted forty-two.
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- 420Dog Star · Sopdet
Egyptian Sopdet, Greek Sirius, Isis as Dog Star. The Book walks them toward 420; the star itself is not 420.
- 42Forty-two peaceful deities
The Tibetan Book of the Dead enumerates 42 peaceful deities (with 58 wrathful, totalling 100).
- 42Maʽat
Spell 125 names forty-two assessors and a matching confession list. Manuscripts vary.
- 42Osiris · 42 relics
At Dendera, forty-two nome-gods walk toward Osiris with his relics. The capitals of the nomes are named as his body.