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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... Eyes of Horus are said to be Shu and Tefnut - one being in the morning boat and the other in the evening boat of the Sun. " As Tefnut etymologically seemed to represent some form of moisture , I had conjectured that this was Dew X ...
... Eyes of Horus are said to be Shu and Tefnut - one being in the morning boat and the other in the evening boat of the Sun. " As Tefnut etymologically seemed to represent some form of moisture , I had conjectured that this was Dew X ...
Page xi
... eyes And his burning plumes outspread , ' or the ' crimson pall of eve . ' " Both Isis and 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 ...
... eyes And his burning plumes outspread , ' or the ' crimson pall of eve . ' " Both Isis and 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 ...
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... eye of the Sun - god Horus . The blood of Isis , which is commemorated in one of the chapters of the Book of the Dead , is probably that which flowed when Horus smote off her head . In other chapters the enemies of Osiris appear in the ...
... eye of the Sun - god Horus . The blood of Isis , which is commemorated in one of the chapters of the Book of the Dead , is probably that which flowed when Horus smote off her head . In other chapters the enemies of Osiris appear in the ...
Page xvi
... eye or swallowed his head . But just as the purest and most delicate notions of morality are found expressed in the early writings of the Egyptians , so do we also find among them the consciousness of their dependence upon a divine ...
... eye or swallowed his head . But just as the purest and most delicate notions of morality are found expressed in the early writings of the Egyptians , so do we also find among them the consciousness of their dependence upon a divine ...
Page xix
... dogs of Yama have four eyes ( çvānau caturakshaú çabálau ) , Rig - veda , x . 14 , 10. The same four - eyed animal occurs in the Zend- Avesta , Fargard , viii . 18 , 48 . Osiris , is not a dog . It is a PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . xix.
... dogs of Yama have four eyes ( çvānau caturakshaú çabálau ) , Rig - veda , x . 14 , 10. The same four - eyed animal occurs in the Zend- Avesta , Fargard , viii . 18 , 48 . Osiris , is not a dog . It is a PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . xix.
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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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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.