Q56 THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XIII. 



closely connected with Osiris than Pthah, of which 

 two Deities he unites the characters. He is fre- 

 quently styled Sokari-Osiris, ivitliout the prefix 

 Pthah ; and it appears that he is then more par- 

 ticularly connected with the passage of Osiris from 

 this life to another state, and his mysterious re- 

 turn from his human to his divine nature. 



Tore, or Pthah Tore. 



Tore is another form of Pthah, to whom in this 

 character also the Scarabseus was particularly 

 sacred. It stands for the first letter or syllable of 

 his name*, and may be emblematic of his office as 

 creator of the world, of which this insect was the 

 type. He was sometimes represented with the 

 Sciu'aba'us, in lieu of a head, either with closed or 

 outspread wings ; but his usual form was a human 

 figure with the head of a man, wearing the globe 

 of the Sun, and an asp, the emblem of kingly, or 

 divine Majesty. 



Batrachocephalus. 



The frog-headed Deity is also a form of Pthah, 

 particularly in reference to his creation of man. 

 Horapollo tells us that "man in embryo was re- 

 presented by a frog," and it was therefore con- 

 sidered a fit symbol to form the base of the palm 

 branch of years, held by Thoth, as the Deity who 

 superintended the life of man. The arms in the 



» Vide supra, p. 253. 



