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 ix
... says that ' the Sun - god Rā rises at the gates of the horizon at the prime portals of Neith . ' Upon which M. Mas- pero says , ' En tant que déesse cosmique [ the Egyptians had no others ] Neith représentait la matière inerte et ...
... says that ' the Sun - god Rā rises at the gates of the horizon at the prime portals of Neith . ' Upon which M. Mas- pero says , ' En tant que déesse cosmique [ the Egyptians had no others ] Neith représentait la matière inerte et ...
Page x
... says a hymn , ' thy sister goddesses stand in Buchat , they uplift thee into thy bark . ' Buchat , as Brugsch proved many years ago , is the place on the horizon where the sun rises . " I am , I confess , compelled to see the Dawn , or ...
... says a hymn , ' thy sister goddesses stand in Buchat , they uplift thee into thy bark . ' Buchat , as Brugsch proved many years ago , is the place on the horizon where the sun rises . " I am , I confess , compelled to see the Dawn , or ...
Page xi
... says , ' thundering against those who are kept on the earth , who are annihilated for ever . ' She surely represents ' The sanguine sunrise , with his meteor eyes And his burning plumes outspread , ' or the ' crimson pall of eve ...
... says , ' thundering against those who are kept on the earth , who are annihilated for ever . ' She surely represents ' The sanguine sunrise , with his meteor eyes And his burning plumes outspread , ' or the ' crimson pall of eve ...
Page xx
... says , " in cities founded or greatly frequented by them , as Alexandria , Canopus , Antino- opolis and Berenice , in small Roman towns of the Oasis , in the Nitriotis , or in quarries and stations in the deserts , where he was also ...
... says , " in cities founded or greatly frequented by them , as Alexandria , Canopus , Antino- opolis and Berenice , in small Roman towns of the Oasis , in the Nitriotis , or in quarries and stations in the deserts , where he was also ...
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... says Clement to the latter , " laughing every day of your lives at the Egyptians . " He then quotes a Greek philosopher , Xenophanes of Colophon , who tells the Egyptians , " If you believe these brutes to be gods , do not mourn or ...
... says Clement to the latter , " laughing every day of your lives at the Egyptians . " He then quotes a Greek philosopher , Xenophanes of Colophon , who tells the Egyptians , " If you believe these brutes to be gods , do not mourn or ...
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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.