Volume 1

The manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians.

  • Wilkinson, John Gardner, 1797-1875.
Date:
1841
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Page An abstract Idea. The Folly of the Greeks in calling themselves the Descendants of “ Strength” (Hercules) 172 Many abstract Ideas made into Gods. Strange Gods of Greece and Rome. Physical Deities of Egypt - 173 Animals’ Heads given to Gods served to distinguish them more clearly than any conventional Features. Too nu¬ merous for this. Greek Gods and Christian Saints dis¬ tinguished by certain Emblems - - - 174 The Priests aware of the Nature of their Gods, which was concealed from the People. The Character of the Greek Vulcan degraded - - - - - 175 Egyptian Gods not reduced to the Level of Men. The Egyptian Religion based on the Belief in One Omnipotent God - - - - - - 176 Notion of some of the early Greeks. An ancient Theogony 177 Question if the Egyptians made any Representation of the Unity of the Deity. Many allegorical Figures supposed to be adopted for this Purpose. Snake with its Tail in its Mouth - - - - - -178 Osiris not the Unity of the Deity. He became a Member of a separate Triad after his Death. Many Names of Osiris and Isis. The Divinity himself not represented. The Great Gods Characters of the Divinity himself - 179 Various Grades of Deities. Degraded Offices of some Greek and Roman Gods. The Twelve Great Gods of Rome and Greece called Consuentes or Consentes - 180 The Eight Select!, and the Dii Semones. Arrangement of the Greek Gods according to Cicero and others - 181 The Cabiri. Division of Pythagoras and Plato - - 184 Eight Great Gods of Egypt. The Triad - - 185 Trinity. Elohim of the Bible. The Creative Power as a Trinity - - - - - -186 Elohim f< Gods.” First Mention of Jehovah (Ihoah). The Trinity obscurely noticed in the Old Testament - 187 Connection between Truth and the Creative Power - 188 Osiris the Deity manifested on Earth. His curious History in a Chamber at Philee - - - >189