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
... fact , according to Egyptian ideas , two Dawns , and a word which means Dawn also means Sunset . In the vignettes of the 17th chapter of the Book of the Dead , the goddesses Isis and Nephthys twice appear together , once on the Eastern ...
... fact , according to Egyptian ideas , two Dawns , and a word which means Dawn also means Sunset . In the vignettes of the 17th chapter of the Book of the Dead , the goddesses Isis and Nephthys twice appear together , once on the Eastern ...
Page xi
... fact but one goddess , who is herself identified with Hathor in a text published by M. Maspero , which adds that she ... facts eter- nally recurring in regular and unvarying succession . But the sky of Egypt , like that of all other ...
... fact but one goddess , who is herself identified with Hathor in a text published by M. Maspero , which adds that she ... facts eter- nally recurring in regular and unvarying succession . But the sky of Egypt , like that of all other ...
Page xv
... facts , I respectfully suggested a very different interpretation of them . There are two distinct and independent currents in the history of human thought , which very soon unite and are confounded together ; but it is a grievous error ...
... facts , I respectfully suggested a very different interpretation of them . There are two distinct and independent currents in the history of human thought , which very soon unite and are confounded together ; but it is a grievous error ...
Page xvi
... fact , as appellatives grew into proper names , and proper names led to personification , and personification fostered , and finally implied , the belief in living beings of infinite might , by whom some at least of the attri- butes of ...
... fact , as appellatives grew into proper names , and proper names led to personification , and personification fostered , and finally implied , the belief in living beings of infinite might , by whom some at least of the attri- butes of ...
Page xxi
... fact of the book being written in Alexandria ) , but that the doctrines of all other Jews , Palestinian and Babylonian as well , were borrowed from a work never esteemed canonical by Jews or Christians , and never sufficiently read to ...
... fact of the book being written in Alexandria ) , but that the doctrines of all other Jews , Palestinian and Babylonian as well , were borrowed from a work never esteemed canonical by Jews or Christians , and never sufficiently read to ...
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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 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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