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
... mentioned are founded upon facts eter- nally recurring in regular and unvarying succession . But the sky of Egypt , like that of all other lands , displayed phenomena which it was thought impossible to reduce to rule . The clouds with ...
... mentioned are founded upon facts eter- nally recurring in regular and unvarying succession . But the sky of Egypt , like that of all other lands , displayed phenomena which it was thought impossible to reduce to rule . The clouds with ...
Page xii
... " a child of the sky . " The Samiu , who have already been mentioned as enemies of the Sun , and represent dark cloud , etymologically signify dark hair . The Samiu of Set exactly correspond to xii PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION .
... " a child of the sky . " The Samiu , who have already been mentioned as enemies of the Sun , and represent dark cloud , etymologically signify dark hair . The Samiu of Set exactly correspond to xii PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION .
Page xiv
... mentioned in another chapter of the Ritual , and from which the Sun - god is said to shoot forth , is not the Rainbow , but ( as I have pointed out ) the Moon's crescent . The Tortoise is so deadly an enemy to the Sun - god that on each ...
... mentioned in another chapter of the Ritual , and from which the Sun - god is said to shoot forth , is not the Rainbow , but ( as I have pointed out ) the Moon's crescent . The Tortoise is so deadly an enemy to the Sun - god that on each ...
Page xvi
... mentioned . Mythology did not make the religion , but it mixed with it and corrupted it at a very early date - as soon , in fact , as appellatives grew into proper names , and proper names led to personification , and personification ...
... mentioned . Mythology did not make the religion , but it mixed with it and corrupted it at a very early date - as soon , in fact , as appellatives grew into proper names , and proper names led to personification , and personification ...
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... OF EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION . Egyptian chronology depends upon monuments recording con- temporary facts Monuments mentioning the year of a reign · 3833 32 Monuments furnishing evidence of a succession of reigns Royal lists.
... OF EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION . Egyptian chronology depends upon monuments recording con- temporary facts Monuments mentioning the year of a reign · 3833 32 Monuments furnishing evidence of a succession of reigns Royal lists.
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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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