Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Religion of Ancient Egypt: Delivered in May and June, 1879Williams and Norgate, 1884 - 259 pages |
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... Amon were Egyptian divi- nities , and that they were worshipped by Greeks of the later periods . But when the Greeks adopted foreign gods , they Hellenized them . This is not what I meant when I denied the transmission of religious ...
... Amon were Egyptian divi- nities , and that they were worshipped by Greeks of the later periods . But when the Greeks adopted foreign gods , they Hellenized them . This is not what I meant when I denied the transmission of religious ...
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... Amon , Osiris , Isis , Thoth , Neith and other divinities ; and the belief in the soul's immortality is not only decidedly ascribed to the Egyptians , but is said to have been first taught by them . What relations did the various parts ...
... Amon , Osiris , Isis , Thoth , Neith and other divinities ; and the belief in the soul's immortality is not only decidedly ascribed to the Egyptians , but is said to have been first taught by them . What relations did the various parts ...
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... Amon , Mut and Chonsu ; at Abydos , of Osiris , Isis and Horus . No special importance was attached by the Egyptians to the number three , and it is a mis- take to look for triads everywhere , for the number of gods varied according to ...
... Amon , Mut and Chonsu ; at Abydos , of Osiris , Isis and Horus . No special importance was attached by the Egyptians to the number three , and it is a mis- take to look for triads everywhere , for the number of gods varied according to ...
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... Amon were originally at the head of lists , but obtained their places as being chief divinities of the capitals Memphis and Thebes . Both these gods are identified with the sun - god Ra , and so indeed are all the chief local divinities ...
... Amon were originally at the head of lists , but obtained their places as being chief divinities of the capitals Memphis and Thebes . Both these gods are identified with the sun - god Ra , and so indeed are all the chief local divinities ...
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... Amon - Ra , he is vigorous ( nutra ) in performing his duties to the sovereign , his lord . " In the demotic text of the tablet of Canopus , nutra is translated by xu , which signifies , " strengthen , fortify , protect , invigorate ...
... Amon - Ra , he is vigorous ( nutra ) in performing his duties to the sovereign , his lord . " In the demotic text of the tablet of Canopus , nutra is translated by xu , which signifies , " strengthen , fortify , protect , invigorate ...
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abode Abydos Amenhotep II Amon ancient ancient Egypt Anubis Book Brugsch called Chabas Champollion chapter Christian cloth coffin Dead deceased deity Dendera derived divine doctrine dynasty earth Egyp Egypt Egyptian language Egyptian mythology Egyptian religion Egyptian texts Egyptian word eighteenth dynasty eleventh dynasty evidence existence expressed father feast Fravashi funereal genius goddess gods Greek hath Hathor heart heaven Hebrew Heliopolis Henotheism hieroglyphic Horus hymns Indo-European inscriptions Isis king language Lectures legend living Lord Maat manuscripts Mariette Max Müller meaning monuments mother Museum myth mythology Nephthys nether world notion nutar nutra Osiris papyrus period person prayers Ptah Pyramids Rameses reign religious Renenet represented Rougé royal sacred says scholars Semitic Seti signifies soul sovereign speak sun-god symbol tablet Tefnut Tehutimes temple Thebes thine things thou art thou hast tion tombs translated verb worship written
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