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The god

of procreation.

Different forms of Rā.

the bronze, and he appears together with the other members of his triad, Mut and Chensu.

Ames or Amsu

commonly read

"Chem," is a form of Amen-Rā, and represented "genera-
tion" or the productive power in nature: figures of him, in

bronze and faïence,†,
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the Sun-god, was also the creator of gods and men; his emblem was the sun's disk. His worship was very ancient, and he was said to be the offspring of Nut, or the sky. He assumed the forms of several other gods, and is at times represented by the lion, cat, and hawk. In papyri and on bas-reliefs he has the head of a hawk, and wears a disk, in front of which is an uræus morning he was called Heru-chuti or Harmachis; and at night, when he set, he was called Atmu, or "the closer."

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During the night he was supposed to be engaged in fighting Apepi, the serpent, who, at the head of a large army of fiends, personifications of mist, darkness, and cloud, tried to overthrow him. The battle was renewed daily, but Rā always conquered, and appeared day after day in the sky. Bronze and faïence figures of this god represent him hawkheaded and wearing disk and uræus.

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warrior.

Menthu-Rā in bronze figures is hawk- Rã the headed, and wears the disk, in front of which are two uræi, and plumes; at times figures have two hawk's heads on a single body.

Horus

the morning sun, son of Isis and Osiris, is usually called "the avenger of his father," in reference to his defeat of Set. Figures in bronze and faïence represent him hawk-headed and wearing the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. This god was distinguished in name only from Heru-ur, the elder brother of Osiris.

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sun, in bronze or faïence wears the crown of Upper and
Lower Egypt, or the triple crown
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or is quite bald; over the right shoulder a lock of hair falls,
and the tip of a finger of the right hand rests on his lips. He
is represented naked, as being in the lap of his mother Isis.
was associated with Amen-Rā and

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Chensu Mut in the Theban triad, and was god of the moon. In bronze figures he is human-headed, and wears a crescent and disk; in faïence figures he is made like a mummy, and holds Different sceptres of different shapes in his hands. His second name was Nefer-hetep, and he was worshipped with great honour at Thebes. Chensu-pa-chrat has all the attributes of Harpocrates, and figures of him in bronze are not rare. A very fine specimen is B.M. No. 11,045

forms of Chensu.

Tmu

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A, or Atmu (the "Closer"

The night of the day or night, usually represents the night-sun. He

Sun.

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wears the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt; in the right hand he holds, and in the left. Nefer-Atmu, the son of Ptaḥ and Sechet or Bast, represents the power of the heat of the rising sun. Figures of this god were made in gold, silver, bronze, and faïence. In metal, he stands upright, wearing lotus flowers and plumes on his head, in his right hand he holds and in the left. Sometimes each shoulder is inlaid in gold with an ut'at (B.M. No. 22,921). In faïence he has the same head-dress, but stands on a lion; in faïence, too, he is often accompanied by his mother Sechet or Bast (B.M. Nos. 250b, 260a).

god of

Ptah, the "Opener," perhaps the oldest of all the The oldest gods of Egypt, was honoured with a temple and worshipped Egypt. at Memphis from the time of the Ist dynasty. He is said to be the father of the gods, who came forth from his eye, and of men, who came forth from his mouth.

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Nefer-Åtmu.

Ptaḥ.

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The god of the

resurrec

tion.

Imouthis the scribe.

He is represented in the form of a mummy, and he holds

a sceptre composed of¶ usr, “ strength,” † änch, “life,” and

tet, "stability." Bronze and faïence figures of this god are tolerably common, and resemble each other in form and design. At the back of his neck he wears the menát . With reference to his connexion with the resurrection and the nether world, he is called Ptaḥ-Seker-Ausàr, and is represented as a little squat boy, with bent legs, and his hands on his hips. Sometimes he has his feet on the head of a crocodile; on the right side stands Isis, on the left Nephthys, at his back is a human-headed hawk emblematic of the soul, on each shoulder is a hawk, and on his head is a beetle, the emblem of Cheperȧ, the self-begotten god. In faïence figures of this god are very common, but in bronze they are rare.

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the Imouthis of the Greeks,

was the first-born son of Ptah and Nut. He is represented

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