CHAP. XIII. GENIUS OF THE LOWER COUNTRY. 45 



to justify ; but I have found no instance of the 

 Goddess to whom she is opposed having the hiero- 

 glyphic signifying *' the North,'* ^[^J , or ^^1 . 



Soven also appears occa- 



,or 



ppe£ 



sionally with a vulture's 

 head, and I have found 

 instances of this God- 

 dess as an Ophigyps^ 

 with the body of a vul- 

 ture and the head of a 

 snake, on the coffins of 



1 2 



Other forms of the Goddess Eilethyia. 



the dead. 



The Genius of the Lower Country. 



This Goddess has also the character of guardian 

 and protectress of the Monarchs, and is placed 

 in opposition to Eilethyia, as the Genius of the 



o. 459. 3 2 1 



Fig. 1. The Genius of the Lower Country, opposed to figs. 2. and 3., or the Goddess 

 Eilethyia. 



Lower Country.* She is represented under the 

 form of an asp, frequently with wings, having the 

 crown of Lower Egypt, which is also worn by 

 her when figured as a Goddess. She is treated as 

 one of the contemplar Divinities at Thebes and 

 other towns of the Upper Provinces, with the same 



* Vide supra. Vol. I. (2cl Series) p. 412.; and Plate 79. 



