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INTRODUCTION.
him with the gocl Pan, and called the chief city where his worship was celebrated
Khemmis,1 after one of his names. He is depicted usually in the form of a
man standing upon *=i; and he has upon his head the plumes [j|, and holds the
flail //\ in his right hand, which is raised above his shoulder.3
Neb-er-tcher
a name which originally implied the “ gocl of the
universe,” but which was subsequently given to Osiris, and indicated the god after
the completed reconstruction of his body, which had been hacked to pieces by Set.
Un-nefer T , a name of Osiris in his capacity of gocl and judge of
the dead in the underworld. Some make these words to mean the “good being,”
and others the “ beautiful hare.”
Astennu (j^ /vwws ^ a name given to the gocl Thoth.
Mert or Mer-sekert “ the lover of silence,” is a name
of Isis or Hathor as goddess of the underworld. She is depictecl in the form of a
woman, having a disk and horns upon her heacl.* 3
Serq or Selk is a form of the goddess Isis. She is usually
depicted in the form of a woman, with a scorpion upon her head ; occasionally
she appears as a scorpion with a woman’s head surmounted by disk and horns.4
Ta-urt tiie Thoueris of the Greeks, was identifiecl as the wife
of Set or Typhon ; she is also known under the names Apt (jD IJl and Sheput
Her common titles are “ mistress of the gods ” jj^'Jj, anci “ bearer of
the gods ” (]iP'=j'=j'=j- She is depicted in the form of a hippopotamus standing on
her hind legs, with distended paunch and hanging breasts, and one of her forefeet
rests upon ^; sometimes she has the head of a woman, but she always wears the
disk, horns, and plumes
Uatchit Jfjfj^ j/g was a f°rm °f Hathor, and was identified with the appearance
of the sky in the north when the sun rose. She is either depicted in the form of a
woman, having upon her head the crown of the north ^ and a sceptre J, around
which a serpent is twined, or as a wingecl urmus wearing the crown of the north.
1 In Egyptian the town is called Apu (j □ ©.
3 Ibid., tav, 124.
3 See Lanzone, op. cit., tav. 332.
* Ibid., op. cit., tav. 362.
INTRODUCTION.
him with the gocl Pan, and called the chief city where his worship was celebrated
Khemmis,1 after one of his names. He is depicted usually in the form of a
man standing upon *=i; and he has upon his head the plumes [j|, and holds the
flail //\ in his right hand, which is raised above his shoulder.3
Neb-er-tcher
a name which originally implied the “ gocl of the
universe,” but which was subsequently given to Osiris, and indicated the god after
the completed reconstruction of his body, which had been hacked to pieces by Set.
Un-nefer T , a name of Osiris in his capacity of gocl and judge of
the dead in the underworld. Some make these words to mean the “good being,”
and others the “ beautiful hare.”
Astennu (j^ /vwws ^ a name given to the gocl Thoth.
Mert or Mer-sekert “ the lover of silence,” is a name
of Isis or Hathor as goddess of the underworld. She is depictecl in the form of a
woman, having a disk and horns upon her heacl.* 3
Serq or Selk is a form of the goddess Isis. She is usually
depicted in the form of a woman, with a scorpion upon her head ; occasionally
she appears as a scorpion with a woman’s head surmounted by disk and horns.4
Ta-urt tiie Thoueris of the Greeks, was identifiecl as the wife
of Set or Typhon ; she is also known under the names Apt (jD IJl and Sheput
Her common titles are “ mistress of the gods ” jj^'Jj, anci “ bearer of
the gods ” (]iP'=j'=j'=j- She is depicted in the form of a hippopotamus standing on
her hind legs, with distended paunch and hanging breasts, and one of her forefeet
rests upon ^; sometimes she has the head of a woman, but she always wears the
disk, horns, and plumes
Uatchit Jfjfj^ j/g was a f°rm °f Hathor, and was identified with the appearance
of the sky in the north when the sun rose. She is either depicted in the form of a
woman, having upon her head the crown of the north ^ and a sceptre J, around
which a serpent is twined, or as a wingecl urmus wearing the crown of the north.
1 In Egyptian the town is called Apu (j □ ©.
3 Ibid., tav, 124.
3 See Lanzone, op. cit., tav. 332.
* Ibid., op. cit., tav. 362.