The gods of the Egyptians - or, Studies in Egyptian mythology (1904) (14577696327)

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Title: The gods of the Egyptians : or, Studies in Egyptian mythology
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934
Subjects: Mythology, Egyptian
Publisher: Chicago : Open Court Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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yptians, and it is thisfact which explains how he came to be identified with the Greekgod Dionysos. The aspects of Osiris were nearly as numerous asthose of Ra, hence we find him identified with the sun and moon,and with the great creative and regenerative powers of Nature,and he was at once the symbol of rejuvenescence, resurrection, andof life of every sort and kind which has the power of renewingitself. We must now consider the various forms in which Osiris isrepresented on the monuments, and in papyri, etc. The commonform of the god is that of a mummy, who wears a beard, and hasthe White Crown, /J, on his head, and a mendt, (^ , hanging fromthe back of his neck. In a scene reproduced by Lanzone^ heappears in a group with the Hawk-god Seker, the Beetle-godKheprer, and the goddess Shent, ,^, and has two forms, i.e.,Osiris, lord of Khut, and Khent Amenti, r; ^s>- e^ ^ ^ , anddih ^ ^^ t ■ ^^ another scene ^ he appears in the form of the Tet 1 Dizionario, plate 15. -Ibid., pi. 17.
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OSIRIS WEARING THE White Crown and Menat and holding the Sceptre, Crook, and Flail. Before him are the Four Children of Horus, and behind him is his wife isis. FORMS OF OSmiS 131 pillar, and is called Osiris Tet, and stands at the head of a bier,on which lies the god Seker in mummied form. On a stele atTurin ^ Osiris appears in mummied form, seated, and holding in his hands the sceptre ;, and the flail or whip /\; on his head is theWhite Crown with plumes, to which the name Atef is usually-given. His titles are Osiris Khenti-Amentet, Un-nefer, lord ofTatcheser, the great god, king of the living. Behind him areseated Ptah-Sekei, ^^ ^-^ ^c^? lord of the hidden chest,Anpu, dweller in the city of embalmment, Horus, son of Isis,and Hathor. As a form of Khnemu-Ra he has the head of a ram,the horns of which are surmounted by a solar disk and by four knives.^ A common symbol of the god is -^^, i.e., the box which contained the head and hair of Osiris and which was preserved atAbydos, where th