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 xi
... connection with and in subordination to some deity . There is no independent meteorological myth . " 66 The crimson or scarlet tints of dawn and sunset assume different mythological forms ; sometimes as blood proceeding from the gods ...
... connection with and in subordination to some deity . There is no independent meteorological myth . " 66 The crimson or scarlet tints of dawn and sunset assume different mythological forms ; sometimes as blood proceeding from the gods ...
Page xviii
... connects her name with one of the Egyptian words signifying ox or cow , such as aïa or aha . But even this would not prove transmission of " religious ideas . " As to Themis , the stamp is so unmistakeably Hellenic and Indo - European ...
... connects her name with one of the Egyptian words signifying ox or cow , such as aïa or aha . But even this would not prove transmission of " religious ideas . " As to Themis , the stamp is so unmistakeably Hellenic and Indo - European ...
Page xix
... connected with the Sanskrit çarvara , which must have had the original sense of dark or pale . " Kerberos ... connects çarvara , is the Vedic epithet of the dog of Yama . * The nearest corresponding Egyptian myth is that of the jackal ...
... connected with the Sanskrit çarvara , which must have had the original sense of dark or pale . " Kerberos ... connects çarvara , is the Vedic epithet of the dog of Yama . * The nearest corresponding Egyptian myth is that of the jackal ...
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... connected with the language or archaeology of ancient Egypt might be discussed , the number of highly distinguished scholars has greatly increased . A very valuable journal of the same kind was founded in Paris in the year 1872. The ...
... connected with the language or archaeology of ancient Egypt might be discussed , the number of highly distinguished scholars has greatly increased . A very valuable journal of the same kind was founded in Paris in the year 1872. The ...
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... connected . with one of the monuments of this dynasty . Many years ago , 1 Dr. Birch translated a papyrus , now in the 1 In the Revue Archéologique of 1859 . See Dr. Birch's paper " On the Tablet of Antefaa , " in the Transactions of ...
... connected . with one of the monuments of this dynasty . Many years ago , 1 Dr. Birch translated a papyrus , now in the 1 In the Revue Archéologique of 1859 . See Dr. Birch's paper " On the Tablet of Antefaa , " in the Transactions of ...
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Abydos Amenhotep II Amon ancient ancient Egypt Anubis Book Brugsch called Chabas 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 eyes father Fravashi funereal goddess gods Greek Hail to thee 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 moral mother Museum myth mythology Nephthys nether world Nile notion nutar nutra Osiris papyrus period prayers Ptah Pyramids Rameses reign religious Renenet represented Rougé royal sacred says scholars Seti signifies soul sovereign speak sun-god symbol tablet Tefnut Tehuti temple Thebes thine abode things thou art thou hast thy name tion tombs translated verb worship
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Page xi - Which an earthquake rocks and swings An eagle alit one moment may sit In the light of its golden wings.
Page 66 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
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Page 70 - Doing that which is right and hating that which is wrong, I was bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, clothes to the naked, a refuge to him that was in want; that which I did to him, the great God hath done to me.