40 THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XIII. 



initiated into the rites of Tithrambo, which is inter- 

 preted Hecate; others into those of Nephthys; and 

 some into those of Thermuthis." * But the Deity 

 Tithrambo seems rather to be connected with the 

 Evil Being Ombte, or Ambo, aheady mentioned, 

 and distinct from the Egyptian Hecate, t 



Menhai. 



The form and attributes of the Goddess Menhai 

 are similar to those of Hekte : a lion's head sur- 

 mounted by a solar disk, and the Uraeus. 



The figure in the accompanying Plate is taken 

 from the temple of Esneh, which is of a Roman 

 period. But Menhai was not a Deity of late in- 

 troduction, since she appears at Thebes on monu- 

 ments of an early Pharaonic age. From her name 

 being attached to that of Pasht or Bubastist, we 

 may conclude she sometimes assumed the character 

 of the Egyptian Diana, though at Esneh she was 

 one of the forms of Neith or Minerva. 



Another Character of Pasht, or Buto ?. 



This Goddess § appears to be another character 

 of Pasht : she has the head of a cat ; and her name 

 is of frequent occurrence in Upper and Lower 

 Egypt, particularly in the vicinity of the Pyramids, 

 on monuments' of the earliest date. She may 



* I'richard, p. 144., who quotes Jahlonski. 



-|- Vide xHjn-d, Vol. I. (2d ScM-ics) p. 441. 



X Vide Plate 27. Part 2. Ilicros. 4. 



Oi Plate 5\. Part 4. ; and supra, Vol. I. (2d Scries) p. 276. 



