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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Page viii
... Nephthys with the Sunset , and Isis , Hathor , Neith , and other goddesses , with the Dawn . But M. Naville was also right in his conjecture that Nephthys might represent the morning , and Isis the evening , twilight . There were , in ...
... Nephthys with the Sunset , and Isis , Hathor , Neith , and other goddesses , with the Dawn . But M. Naville was also right in his conjecture that Nephthys might represent the morning , and Isis the evening , twilight . There were , in ...
Page ix
... Nephthys considered as the spouse of Set , the destroyer of Osiris , or as the mother of Anubis , ' who swallows his own father , ' can only be identified with the Sunset . " Hathor , ' the dwelling of Horus , ' out of which he comes ...
... Nephthys considered as the spouse of Set , the destroyer of Osiris , or as the mother of Anubis , ' who swallows his own father , ' can only be identified with the Sunset . " Hathor , ' the dwelling of Horus , ' out of which he comes ...
Page xi
... Nephthys shoot flames against the adver- saries of Rā . ' The same may be said of the two Uræus goddesses , Uat'it and Nechebet , who are in fact but one goddess , who is herself identified with Hathor in a text published by M. Maspero ...
... Nephthys shoot flames against the adver- saries of Rā . ' The same may be said of the two Uræus goddesses , Uat'it and Nechebet , who are in fact but one goddess , who is herself identified with Hathor in a text published by M. Maspero ...
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... Nephthys . Book of glorifying Osiris Book of the Breaths of Life . Magical literature Rhind papyri True notion of God . Henotheism . Pantheism Materialism . Influence of Egyptian upon foreign thought . Conclusion . 204 205 207 209 210 ...
... Nephthys . Book of glorifying Osiris Book of the Breaths of Life . Magical literature Rhind papyri True notion of God . Henotheism . Pantheism Materialism . Influence of Egyptian upon foreign thought . Conclusion . 204 205 207 209 210 ...
Page 110
... Nephthys , another wedded pair , are their brother and sister . In this myth the antagonist of Osiris is Set , by whom he is slain , but he is avenged by his son Horus , and he reigns in the nether world , like the Indian Yama , and ...
... Nephthys , another wedded pair , are their brother and sister . In this myth the antagonist of Osiris is Set , by whom he is slain , but he is avenged by his son Horus , and he reigns in the nether world , like the Indian Yama , and ...
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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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