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THE GODS OF THE BOOK OF THE DEAD.
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she has the head of a lion surmounted by the sun’s disk, round which is a urteus ;
and she generally holds a sceptre J, but sometimes a knife.
Bast according to one legend, was the mother of Nefer-Tmu. She
was the personihcation of the gentle and fructifying heat of the sun, as opposed to
that personified by Sekhet. The cat was sacred to Bast, and the goddess is
usually depicted cat-headed. The most famous seat of her worship was the city of
Bubastis, the modern Tell Basta, in the Delta.
Nefer-Tmu
was the son either of Sekhet or Bast, and he personified
some form of the sun’s heat. He is usually depicted in the form of a man, with a
cluster of lotus flowers upon his head, but sometimes he has the head of a lion : in
the little faience figures of him which are so common, he stands upon the back of a
lion.1 He no doubt represents the sun-god in the legend which made him to
burst forth from a lotus, for in the pyramid of Unas the king is said to
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and to “ come forth on the horizon every day.” 2
Neheb-ka ^fJUlMl is the name of a goddess who is usually represented
with the head of a serpent, and with whom the deceased identifies himself.
Sebak ^ J ^’ a form of Horus the sun-god, must be distinguished
from Sebak the companion of Set, the opponent of Osiris; of each of these gods
the crocodile was the sacred animal, and for this reason probably the gods them-
selves were confounded. Sebak-Ra, the lord of Ombos, is usually depicted in
human form with the head of a crocodile, surmounted by
, or !Q,
or
Amsu or Amsi ^ is one °f th*2 most ancient gods of Egypt.
He personified the power of generation, or the reproductive force of nature ; he
was the “ father of his own mother,” and was identified with “ Horus the mighty,”
or with Horus the avenger of his father Un-nefer or Osiris. The Greeks identified
2 Recueil de Travaux, iv., t. p. 45 (1. 394).
4 Also read Min and Khem.
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1 See Lanzone, op. cit., tav. 147.
3 Ibid., vp. cit., tav. 353.
CXXl
she has the head of a lion surmounted by the sun’s disk, round which is a urteus ;
and she generally holds a sceptre J, but sometimes a knife.
Bast according to one legend, was the mother of Nefer-Tmu. She
was the personihcation of the gentle and fructifying heat of the sun, as opposed to
that personified by Sekhet. The cat was sacred to Bast, and the goddess is
usually depicted cat-headed. The most famous seat of her worship was the city of
Bubastis, the modern Tell Basta, in the Delta.
Nefer-Tmu
was the son either of Sekhet or Bast, and he personified
some form of the sun’s heat. He is usually depicted in the form of a man, with a
cluster of lotus flowers upon his head, but sometimes he has the head of a lion : in
the little faience figures of him which are so common, he stands upon the back of a
lion.1 He no doubt represents the sun-god in the legend which made him to
burst forth from a lotus, for in the pyramid of Unas the king is said to
Q
I 0 Ir
t W ~1 /wwva VJy
r~\\ 1 T
<=>
m
<=>df
O
O
Xdd
eni
Nefer-Tmu em
sessen
er
sert
Ra
Rise
like
Nefer-Tmu from
thc lotus (lily)
to
the nostrils
of Ra,”
and to “ come forth on the horizon every day.” 2
Neheb-ka ^fJUlMl is the name of a goddess who is usually represented
with the head of a serpent, and with whom the deceased identifies himself.
Sebak ^ J ^’ a form of Horus the sun-god, must be distinguished
from Sebak the companion of Set, the opponent of Osiris; of each of these gods
the crocodile was the sacred animal, and for this reason probably the gods them-
selves were confounded. Sebak-Ra, the lord of Ombos, is usually depicted in
human form with the head of a crocodile, surmounted by
, or !Q,
or
Amsu or Amsi ^ is one °f th*2 most ancient gods of Egypt.
He personified the power of generation, or the reproductive force of nature ; he
was the “ father of his own mother,” and was identified with “ Horus the mighty,”
or with Horus the avenger of his father Un-nefer or Osiris. The Greeks identified
2 Recueil de Travaux, iv., t. p. 45 (1. 394).
4 Also read Min and Khem.
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1 See Lanzone, op. cit., tav. 147.
3 Ibid., vp. cit., tav. 353.