CHAP. XII r. 



EGYrXIAN TANTIIEON. 



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VlONETTE M. 



ravilion of Remcscs III. at Medeenet Haboo. Thebes. 



CHAP. XIII. 



THE EGYPTIAN PANTHEON. 



Form and Attributes of the different Gods. 



the eight great gods. 



Neph, Nef, Kneph, Cnouphis, Cnoubis, Noub, 



Nou? 



In noticing the character and attributes of tlie 

 Egyptian Gods, I shall introduce each separately, 

 commencing with the eight great Deities. And as it 

 is useless to stop to inquire which of these held the 

 highest rank, I commence with Neph, who was par- 

 ticularly worshipped in the island of Elephantine, 

 throughout Ethiopia, and in the southern part of the 

 Thebaid. In the word Neph, or Nef, we may pro- 

 bably trace the idea of the Spirit of the Deity, if, 



