Ancient Egypt, the Light of the World: A Work of Reclamation and Restitution in Twelve Books, Volume 1T. F. Unwin, 1907 - 944 pages |
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... human like- ness . But , then , ignorant as he might be , he was more or less the heir to human faculty as it is manifested in all its triumphs over external nature at the present time . Now , it has been and still is a pre- valent and ...
... human like- ness . But , then , ignorant as he might be , he was more or less the heir to human faculty as it is manifested in all its triumphs over external nature at the present time . Now , it has been and still is a pre- valent and ...
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... human in their nature . " Professor Max Müller , who taught that Mythology was a disease of language , and that the Myths have been made out of words which had lost their senses , asserts that " the whole animal world has been conceived ...
... human in their nature . " Professor Max Müller , who taught that Mythology was a disease of language , and that the Myths have been made out of words which had lost their senses , asserts that " the whole animal world has been conceived ...
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... human figure personalised in the Mythology of Egypt . Primitive or paleolithic Man was too beggarly poor in possessions to dream of shaping the Superhuman Powers of Nature in the human likeness . There is one all - sufficient reason why ...
... human figure personalised in the Mythology of Egypt . Primitive or paleolithic Man was too beggarly poor in possessions to dream of shaping the Superhuman Powers of Nature in the human likeness . There is one all - sufficient reason why ...
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... human ; they were very emphatically and distinctly more than human , and there- fore could not be adequately expressed by features recognisable as merely human . Primitive men were all too abjectly helpless in presence of these powers ...
... human ; they were very emphatically and distinctly more than human , and there- fore could not be adequately expressed by features recognisable as merely human . Primitive men were all too abjectly helpless in presence of these powers ...
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... human likeness on the Mother - Nature the typical Wet - nurse would have been a woman . But it is not so ; the Woman comes last . She was pre- ceded by the Beast itself , the Sow , the Hippopotamus , or Lioness , and by the female form ...
... human likeness on the Mother - Nature the typical Wet - nurse would have been a woman . But it is not so ; the Woman comes last . She was pre- ceded by the Beast itself , the Sow , the Hippopotamus , or Lioness , and by the female form ...
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Aarru abyss African Amenta ancestors ancient animal Anup Apap Arunta astronomical mythology Atum Atum-Ra betwixt birthplace blood called celestial character child Child-Horus Christian constellation creation crocodile darkness dead death deceased deity divine double dragon drought Egypt Egyptian Egyptian mythology elemental powers Elohim equinox eschatology evil father female fetish figure firmament frog garden Genesis glorified gnostic goddess gods Hathor heaven Hebrew Hence heptanomis Hetep hippopotamus horizon imaged Inapertwa inundation Isis Kamite land legend lion Lord magical male manes mode moon Mother Mother-earth mount of earth mount of glory mummy mysteries mythical mythos nature Neith nether nether earth origin Osiris papyrus paradise pillar pole portrayed primitive Ptah represented resurrection Ritual says serpent seven Sheol Sign-language solar god spirit summit superhuman Sut and Horus symbol Taht Tefnut thou Totemic transformation tree typical wisdom woman word worship zootype
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Page 102 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 446 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 526 - He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Page 464 - And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Page 452 - God made the earth and the heavens, and every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew : for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till, the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
Page 534 - Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared...
Page 486 - Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Page 482 - Reproach hath broken my heart ; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. 21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Page 542 - And many nations shall come, and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his Ways, and we will walk in his paths:" for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page 475 - Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.