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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... things , not to foment quar- rels . I have repeated what I have heard just as it was told to me . " Great stress is always in these inscriptions laid upon the strictest form of veracity ; as , for instance , " I have not altered a story ...
... things , not to foment quar- rels . I have repeated what I have heard just as it was told to me . " Great stress is always in these inscriptions laid upon the strictest form of veracity ; as , for instance , " I have not altered a story ...
Page 98
... thing , has an exactly similar etymology . And several other parallel instances might be cited . The Egyptian nutar , I argue therefore , means Power , which is also the meaning of the Hebrew El . The 1 Many of the examples occur in ...
... thing , has an exactly similar etymology . And several other parallel instances might be cited . The Egyptian nutar , I argue therefore , means Power , which is also the meaning of the Hebrew El . The 1 Many of the examples occur in ...
Page 106
... things as proper names , " but only " appellatives . " These appellatives , when applied to natural phenomena , are either such predicates as the most prosaic observer might use at the present day , or they are metaphorical . An early ...
... things as proper names , " but only " appellatives . " These appellatives , when applied to natural phenomena , are either such predicates as the most prosaic observer might use at the present day , or they are metaphorical . An early ...
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... things , θεῶν μήτηρ , ἄλοχ ̓ Οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος , but the Father , and Heaven is here the Mother ; though , as we have seen in speaking of Ra , Heaven was also conceived as a male power , like the Indian Varuna and the Greek Uranos ...
... things , θεῶν μήτηρ , ἄλοχ ̓ Οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος , but the Father , and Heaven is here the Mother ; though , as we have seen in speaking of Ra , Heaven was also conceived as a male power , like the Indian Varuna and the Greek Uranos ...
Page 117
... things which are in it . " He is " the distributor of time , " the inventor of letters and learning ( particularly of geometry ) , and of the fine arts . Whatever is without him is as though it were not . All this is because the Moon is ...
... things which are in it . " He is " the distributor of time , " the inventor of letters and learning ( particularly of geometry ) , and of the fine arts . Whatever is without him is as though it were not . All this is because the Moon is ...
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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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