CHAP. XIII. AAIUNRE-GENEUATOR. 247 



of the '* receiver and giver." As in most religions 

 tlie supreme Deity was represented in the noblest 

 form that could be suggested, that of a human 

 being, and Amun was therefore figured as a man, 

 whom Holy Writ states to have been made after 

 the image of his Creator. 



At Thebes, "the King of the Gods" may be con- 

 sidered under two distinct characters, as Anuin-re, 

 and as Amunre-Generator ; in this hist assuming 

 the form and attributes of Khem, the God of 

 Generation. It is probable that he was then 

 the same whom the Greeks styled the " Pan of 

 Thebes*;" the chief of a second Theban triad, 

 the other members of wliich were Tamun and 

 Harka ; the former a character of Neith, and per- 

 haps a sort of female Amun ; tlie latter the ofi- 

 spring of the two first, as Khonso was of Amun-re 

 and Maut. According to Manetho, the word 

 Amunt means " concealment ;" and HecataDus ob- 

 serves t, that, so far from being the proper name of 

 the God, it was a word in conniion use, signifying 

 " come §," by wdiich his benignant influence and 

 presence were invoked ; and lamblichus says, it 

 implies " that which brings to light ||, or mani- 

 festation." If the observation of Manetho or of 

 Hecataius be true, it is not improbable that the 

 name of this God was merely a mysterious title. 

 The word Amoni signifying to envelope, or conceal, 



* Hjioc CT£ ll«)' Oiifiov, in an inscription at the Breccia quarries, on 

 the Kossayr road, with the figure of Khem. yh/e infra, [i. -dd'S. 

 + Not related to amnioun, " sand." 



I Phit. de Is. s. 9. 



§ The word "come," or " come ye," is a^uoivi in Coptic. 



II Vide supra, p. 217. 



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