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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... 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 and into ...
... 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 and into ...
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... considered as an exitiabilis super- stitio , but was popularly supposed to involve the wor- ship of a brute animal.1 Do you think the prejudices of men holding such opinions would have been weak- ened had they accidentally heard of ...
... considered as an exitiabilis super- stitio , but was popularly supposed to involve the wor- ship of a brute animal.1 Do you think the prejudices of men holding such opinions would have been weak- ened had they accidentally heard of ...
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... considered superfluous or wrong . Men are rarely con- scious of the prejudices which really incapacitate them from forming impartial and true judgments on systems alien to their own habits of thought . And philosophers who may pride ...
... considered superfluous or wrong . Men are rarely con- scious of the prejudices which really incapacitate them from forming impartial and true judgments on systems alien to their own habits of thought . And philosophers who may pride ...
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... considered authentic , but only as evidence that the Egyptian worship of animals was considered even by grave opponents as symbolical , and not as pure fetishism . Celsus is quoted by Origen as distinctly denying the worship by the ...
... considered authentic , but only as evidence that the Egyptian worship of animals was considered even by grave opponents as symbolical , and not as pure fetishism . Celsus is quoted by Origen as distinctly denying the worship by the ...
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... considered it as a calendar of festi- vals ; whilst a fourth attempted to persuade the learned world that " these characters described the properties and use of the magnet , and of the mariner's compass . " Decipherment of Hieroglyphic ...
... considered it as a calendar of festi- vals ; whilst a fourth attempted to persuade the learned world that " these characters described the properties and use of the magnet , and of the mariner's compass . " Decipherment of Hieroglyphic ...
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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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