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Here‘s a Greek fraternity chant with ‗Rah-godly‘ reference: ―OOOOOOOOOOH!!! We‘re Tau Kappa
Epsilon raiders of the night, a bunch of rowdy bastards, that rather fuck than fight, so fuck‘em, fuck ‗em,
fuck‘em, who the fuck are we? We‘re Tau Kappa Epsilon the best fraternity..., TKE once, TKE Twice,
Holy jumpin Jeebus Christ, Gosh dang son of a bitch - Rah, Rah Fuck!‖ [3]
Then there‘s an old tune; ―Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay‖, written in 1889 by Samuel R. Ireland, - the Sigma
Chi fraternity sing this tune with their own lyrics, in which part says; ―In fifty-five she had her birth, in
seventy-two she owns the earth; On judgment day whon‘t we feel big, Old Gabriel will be a Sig. Ta-ra-raboom-de-ay!
Ta-ra-ra Sigma Chi! Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay! Ta-ra-ra Sigma Chi!‖ [3]
The Lambda Chi fraternity has one that goes: ―Let‘s give a hip hip hoorah [y], for dear old Lambda
Chi, Let‘s give a hip hip hoorah[y], and shout it to the sky. We‘ll make the rafters ring when all the
brothers sing, about the cross and the crescent, it‘s the grandest thing‖. [3] I love these fraters and their
hidden meanings and play on words, that many of them don‘t even understand the origins themselves.
The name Ra also identifies with Horus, Heru-ra-ha [literally Horus sun-flesh] Heru-ra-ha is composed
of Ra-Hoor-Khuit and Hoor-par-kraat-[Egyptian: Har-par-khered], more commonly referred to by the
Greek transliteration Harpocrates, means Horus the Child.
To me the sound and combination of the; Ra and Heru-ra-ha etc., sounds like the celebratory toast; Hip-
Hip Hoorah, pronounced or even spelt; Hooray, Hurrah, Hurray etc., and I‘ve often wondered whether it
was a derivative, or a kind of off-shoot and term, or the way of acknowledging and announcing the name
of God, as in the case, - for the sun god Ra? - Hip-Hip Hoo‘rah/y is the traditional response to; Three
cheers for... in many cultures, with the initiator intermittently calling out; Hip-Hip, and each three
occasions, the crowd responds; Hoorah/y. [1][3][5]
Some authorities claim that the word ‗Hip‘, [5] stems from an early Latin acronym; HEP - Hierosylma
Est Perdita, meaning; ‗Jerusalem is lost‘ [in that context it could be argued that Hip-Hip-Hoo‘rah =
Jerusalem is lost, Jerusalem is lost- Oh God.], and said to have been a rallying cry of the Crusaders.
Though ―Hip-hip‖, or ―Hep-hep‖ is equally at home as a traditional herding call of shepherds and farmers
in general, when grouping or controlling their livestock.
It‘s also a term that gained notoriety in the Hep-hep riots, which were early 19th century pogroms
against German Jews. [5]
And on a much lighter note, I can now see the ‗Ra sun god‘ link, in the Mike Leigh film called; Happy
Go Lucky, starring Eddie Marsan, in which during a driving lesson, where he teaches a character named
Poppy to drive, he keeps pointing out the basic rule: ―En Ra Ha‖ At first I thought it sounded similar to
some of the above Ra‘s and Hoorah‘s etc., though it turned out to be a metaphor of Marsan‘s own; ‗Allseeing
eye‘ that he uses, - which was the triangular vision in one‘s car, - the rear-view mirror, followed by
the left and right side mirrors, so;―En, Ra, Hah!‖, he‘d persistently snap at Poppy, as a constant reminder
to check her ‗triangular perspective of all around vision‘.
And the next time you hear someone, or yourself say; ―Amen‖, after a prayer, little might you realise
it‘s connection to the Sun God; Ra - Amun-Ra‖. – ‗Amun‘, reconstructed Egyptian Yamānu - also spelled
Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen. Greek; Ammon, and Hammon, - was a God in Egyptian
mythology and Berber Mythology who in the form of ‗Amun-Ra‘ became the focus of the most complex
system of theology in Ancient Egypt. The sacred animal of Amun was originally the Goose, and was
sometimes known as the Great Cackler. Later, Amun was more closely associated with the Ram, a symbol
[6] [7]
of fertility, as well as other animals or creatures. – Amun.
[1] "Ra (Re)". Ancient Egypt: The Mythology. http://www.egyptianmyths.net/re.htm. "His name is thought to mean "creative power", and as
a proper name "Creator"."
[2] "Bad Romance." .
[3] "Drinking songs, chants, toasts, etc. - .
[4] "Egyptian vocabulary page for AEL translation of Westcar papyrus". Rostau.org.uk.
http://www.rostau.org.uk/Westcar/P1VOCAB/VOCBP1_2.HTM. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
[5] "Hip Hip Hooray - .
[6] "Amun." .
[7] "Egypt: The God Amun and Amun-Re."
The Apocrypha
The word ―apocryphal‖ was first applied, in a positive sense, to writings which were kept secret
because they were the vehicles of esoteric [for the few] knowledge considered too deep, extreme and even