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There is another asp-headed Goddess, whose 

 name is written Hoph, or T-hoph, w^hicli calls to 

 mind the snake Efface. She has some office in 

 Amenti, but does not appear to be related to the 

 Deity before us. 



Bai. 



The snake Bai also appears to have been figured 

 as a Goddess, and sometimes under its own form, 

 as guardian of the doorways of those chambers 

 of the tombs which represent the mansions of 

 heaven. 



HoH, HlH. 



Another snake-headed Goddess has the name 

 Hoh, or Hih. She occurs at Dendera and Philse. 

 The Coptic word Hof signifies the viper, ana- 

 logous to the JiT/e of the Arabs. I am not aware 

 of her office. Other Goddesses with the head of 

 a snake occur in the chamber of Osiris at Philae ; 

 but as their office relates to the dead, they may 

 only be connected with the Genii of Amenti. 



The Year? 



From the palm-branch which this Goddess bears 

 on her head, I have supposed her to denote the 

 Year, which in Egyptian is called Rompi ; though, 

 from the comparison of different legends, it appears 

 that her name in the hieroglyphics does not read 

 Rompi, but Rpe, which resembles the word erpe, 

 " a temple." The pahn-branch, however, favours 



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