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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... midst of which the Sun - god advances into the firmament . Green , no less than crimson or gold , was to the Egyptians a characteristic colour of the Dawn . The Lion of Dawn had a green cap or mantle . PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . xiii.
... midst of which the Sun - god advances into the firmament . Green , no less than crimson or gold , was to the Egyptians a characteristic colour of the Dawn . The Lion of Dawn had a green cap or mantle . PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . xiii.
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... the other is the religious . Mythology as such has nothing whatever to do with religion . It has its origin in the more or less picturesque utterance of man in presence of nature . When the clouds rose PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . XV.
... the other is the religious . Mythology as such has nothing whatever to do with religion . It has its origin in the more or less picturesque utterance of man in presence of nature . When the clouds rose PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . XV.
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... less than three thousand years . It may have been in existence for many centuries anterior to the earliest of the monuments which have been preserved . Its origin is a matter , not of history , but of speculation . Its last centuries ...
... less than three thousand years . It may have been in existence for many centuries anterior to the earliest of the monuments which have been preserved . Its origin is a matter , not of history , but of speculation . Its last centuries ...
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... less an essential part of the key than the phonetic . Champollion . Champollion's discovery was of a very different nature . Besides the two kinds of Egyptian characters which are used on the Rosetta stone , there is a third , commonly ...
... less an essential part of the key than the phonetic . Champollion . Champollion's discovery was of a very different nature . Besides the two kinds of Egyptian characters which are used on the Rosetta stone , there is a third , commonly ...
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... less . Science is insatiate , and its wants can never be adequately supplied , yet much has been done , both through the unassisted efforts of private individuals and through the munificence of governments and pub- lic bodies . The ...
... less . Science is insatiate , and its wants can never be adequately supplied , yet much has been done , both through the unassisted efforts of private individuals and through the munificence of governments and pub- lic bodies . The ...
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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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