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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... offering my sincere thanks for the exceedingly kind way in which these Lectures have been noticed , both here and abroad , in literary organs representing every variety of theo- logical opinion . My thanks are also due to those of my ...
... offering my sincere thanks for the exceedingly kind way in which these Lectures have been noticed , both here and abroad , in literary organs representing every variety of theo- logical opinion . My thanks are also due to those of my ...
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... offering to sixty - one of his royal prede- 1 Mariette , " La table de Saqqarah , " in the Revue Archéologique , 1864 , II . 169 . 2 It differs from the rest in being a professedly historical docu- ment . The others may rather be ...
... offering to sixty - one of his royal prede- 1 Mariette , " La table de Saqqarah , " in the Revue Archéologique , 1864 , II . 169 . 2 It differs from the rest in being a professedly historical docu- ment . The others may rather be ...
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... offerings made to the divinity of the local- ity , and none but the priestly personages attached to the temple itself had free access to its precincts . But the image of the god and those of the divinities asso- ciated with him were ...
... offerings made to the divinity of the local- ity , and none but the priestly personages attached to the temple itself had free access to its precincts . But the image of the god and those of the divinities asso- ciated with him were ...
Page 85
... , every hour of the day and of the night , had its presiding divinity , and all these gods had to be propitiated by offerings . I several times made the attempt to draw up an index THE GODS OF EGYPT . 85 The deities innumerable.
... , every hour of the day and of the night , had its presiding divinity , and all these gods had to be propitiated by offerings . I several times made the attempt to draw up an index THE GODS OF EGYPT . 85 The deities innumerable.
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... offerings . " • • · " In making thine oblation to God , beware of what He abhors . Exaggerate not the liturgical pre- scriptions ; it is forbidden to give more than what is prescribed . Let thine eyes consider the acts of His wrath ...
... offerings . " • • · " In making thine oblation to God , beware of what He abhors . Exaggerate not the liturgical pre- scriptions ; it is forbidden to give more than what is prescribed . Let thine eyes consider the acts of His wrath ...
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Abydos Amenhotep II Amon ancient ancient Egypt Anubis Book Brugsch called Chabas 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 eyes father Fravashi funereal goddess gods Greek Hail to thee 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 moral mother Museum myth mythology Nephthys nether world Nile notion nutar nutra Osiris papyrus period prayers Ptah Pyramids Rameses reign religious Renenet represented Rougé royal sacred says scholars Seti signifies soul sovereign speak sun-god symbol tablet Tefnut Tehuti temple Thebes thine abode things thou art thou hast thy name tion tombs translated verb worship
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