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THE GODS OF THE BOOK OF THE DEAD.
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death and precedes the entry into eternal life, and the symbols with which he is
accompanied explain the character attributed to this god.1
The god Ptah is also united with the gods Hapi, Nu and Tanen when he
represents various phases of primeval matter.
Khnemu worked with Ptah in carrying out the work of creation
ordered by Thoth, and is therefore one of the oldest divinities of Egypt ; his name
means “ to mould,” “ to model.” His connexion with the primeval water caused
him to be regarded as the chief god of the inundation and lord of the cataract at
Elephantine. He dwelt in Annu, but he was lord of Elephantine n J 1 and
“ the builder of men, the maker of the gods, and the father from the beginning.”
Elsewhere he is said to be
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Maker
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of fathers, and mother of mothers.
He supported the heaven upon its four pillars J J J in the beginning, and earth,
air, sea, and sky are his handiwork. He is depicted in the form of a man having a
ram’s head and horns surmounted by plumes, urtei with disks, etc.; in one hand
he holds the sceptre | and in the other the emblem of life Occasionally he is
hawTk-headed, and in one representation he holds the emblem of water ;n each
hand. On a late bas-relief at Philse we find him seated at a potter’s table upon
which stands a human being whom he has just fashioned.®
Khepera [j was a form of the rising sun, ancl was both a type of
matter which is on the point of passing from inertness into life, and also of the
dead body which is about to burst forth into a new life in a glorified form. He
is depicted in the form of a man having a beetle for a head, and this insect was his
type and emblem among ancient nations, because it was believed to be self-
begotten and self-produced ; to this notion we owe the myriads of beetles or
1 Lanzone, op. cit., p. 244.
2 Lanzone, op. cit., tav. 336, No. 3.
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death and precedes the entry into eternal life, and the symbols with which he is
accompanied explain the character attributed to this god.1
The god Ptah is also united with the gods Hapi, Nu and Tanen when he
represents various phases of primeval matter.
Khnemu worked with Ptah in carrying out the work of creation
ordered by Thoth, and is therefore one of the oldest divinities of Egypt ; his name
means “ to mould,” “ to model.” His connexion with the primeval water caused
him to be regarded as the chief god of the inundation and lord of the cataract at
Elephantine. He dwelt in Annu, but he was lord of Elephantine n J 1 and
“ the builder of men, the maker of the gods, and the father from the beginning.”
Elsewhere he is said to be
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w
w
AWMA | | .
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00
-_fl
cs
dri
enti-s
qemani
unenet
sd
yeperu
tef
Maker
of things which are,
creator of
what shall be,
the beginning
of beings,
father
a—c
Q_0
iii i i l
tefu ina ma
of fathers, and mother of mothers.
He supported the heaven upon its four pillars J J J in the beginning, and earth,
air, sea, and sky are his handiwork. He is depicted in the form of a man having a
ram’s head and horns surmounted by plumes, urtei with disks, etc.; in one hand
he holds the sceptre | and in the other the emblem of life Occasionally he is
hawTk-headed, and in one representation he holds the emblem of water ;n each
hand. On a late bas-relief at Philse we find him seated at a potter’s table upon
which stands a human being whom he has just fashioned.®
Khepera [j was a form of the rising sun, ancl was both a type of
matter which is on the point of passing from inertness into life, and also of the
dead body which is about to burst forth into a new life in a glorified form. He
is depicted in the form of a man having a beetle for a head, and this insect was his
type and emblem among ancient nations, because it was believed to be self-
begotten and self-produced ; to this notion we owe the myriads of beetles or
1 Lanzone, op. cit., p. 244.
2 Lanzone, op. cit., tav. 336, No. 3.