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Mandooli, Malooli. 



Mandooli, or, according to the hierogly])liics, 

 Malooli, is mentioned in numerous Greek inscrip- 

 tions at Kalabshi in Nubia, the ancient Talmis, as 

 the Deity of the place. From the similarity of the 

 names, I had supposed him to be the same as the 

 preceding God; but his figure in the adytum of 

 the temple differs from that of Mandoo, and shows 

 him to be a distinct Deity. In the inscriptions 

 mention is made of his horse, an animal sacred 

 among some nations to the Sun ; but little is 

 known of his attributes, or the office he held in the 

 mythology of Egypt. 



At Dabod he occurs as the third member of a 

 triad composed of Seb, Netpe, and this Deity ; 

 where his dress, and title, *' Lord of Pliilae," appear 

 to connect him, on this occasion at least, with 

 Osiris. M. Champollion, after stating * that, at 

 Kalabshi, he is the third person ''of a triad formed 

 of Horus, his mother Isis, and their son MalouH," 

 comes to the conclusion that this triad was the link 

 which connected the extremity of the Divine chain, 

 as the last of the incarnations of Amun-Re. It 

 was therefore the final triad, of which the three 

 members resolved themselves into those of the 

 first triad, Horus being called the husband of his 

 mother, by whom he had Malooli. Thus these 

 three correspond to Amun, Maut, and Khonso of 

 the Theban sanctuary. This is on the supposition 



* Cliampoll. Lettre xi. p. 153, 156. 

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