Benson, Margaret; Gourlay, Janet: The temple of Mut in Asher: an account of the excavation of the temple and of the religious representations and objects found therein, as illustrating the history of Egypt and the main religious ideas of the Egyptians (London, 1899)

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the temple of mut.

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PART III

the religion of egyft.

CHAPTER VI.

the gods.

The study of the Religion of Egypt presents un-
usual difficulties, from the fact that its immense
multitude of deities have neither distinct spheres of
action nor invariable characteristics, and that its
theories of the soul are parallel and irreconcil-
able.

To the tourist in Egypt, who is anxious to pigeon-
hole and label all his newly acquired knowledge, it
is disquieting to find that there appear to be many
creators ; that gods whose attributes are sometimes
incommensurate and sometimes identical are mem-
bers of one group or cycle. The ease with which
gods and goddesses exchange insignia and attributes
makes his brain reel ; he is supplied with manifold
interpretations and origins of some god whom, like
Osiris, he had thought comparatively comprehensible
and familiar ; he finds the demon of one place the
deity of the next; having learnt the names and