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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... Professor Max Müller . " Primitive henotheism " appears to me to be a contradiction in terms . Henotheism , as I under- stand it , is but a stage of polytheism , and cannot possibly be primitive . Nor have I anywhere put forth the ...
... Professor Max Müller . " Primitive henotheism " appears to me to be a contradiction in terms . Henotheism , as I under- stand it , is but a stage of polytheism , and cannot possibly be primitive . Nor have I anywhere put forth the ...
Page xvii
... Professor Lieblein could not have supposed that in asserting the identity of Egyptian religion during some thousands of years I intended to deny that new gods had been introduced into the pantheon , or that new conceptions had been ...
... Professor Lieblein could not have supposed that in asserting the identity of Egyptian religion during some thousands of years I intended to deny that new gods had been introduced into the pantheon , or that new conceptions had been ...
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... Professor Lieblein points to the mythological names Io , Themis and Kerberos , as " all having an unmistakeable Egyptian stamp , " to the worship of Zeus - Ammon , to the Greek and Roman worship of Isis and Serapis . I do not see the ...
... Professor Lieblein points to the mythological names Io , Themis and Kerberos , as " all having an unmistakeable Egyptian stamp , " to the worship of Zeus - Ammon , to the Greek and Roman worship of Isis and Serapis . I do not see the ...
Page xix
... Professor Lieblein ever seen the following words of Wilford ( Asiatic Researches , III . p . 408 ) : " Yama , the regent of hell , has two dogs , according to the Puranas , one of them named Cerbura and Sabala , or varied ; the other ...
... Professor Lieblein ever seen the following words of Wilford ( Asiatic Researches , III . p . 408 ) : " Yama , the regent of hell , has two dogs , according to the Puranas , one of them named Cerbura and Sabala , or varied ; the other ...
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... Professor Lieblein from the fourth book of Maccabees . * There is undoubtedly a doctrine of hell there , but it is no more Egyptian than it is Brahmanic or Buddhist or Greek . The Egyptian doctrine is far more like that which is ...
... Professor Lieblein from the fourth book of Maccabees . * There is undoubtedly a doctrine of hell there , but it is no more Egyptian than it is Brahmanic or Buddhist or Greek . The Egyptian doctrine is far more like that which is ...
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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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