428 THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XIII. 



3. That the Evil Behig, though the brother of 

 Osiris, had not the name of Typho ; this being given 

 to a different Deity, who was opposed to Horus, as 

 were another Typhonian monster, and the Serpent 

 Aphophis. 



Mr. Cory * is disposed to think this figure with 

 square ears represented the Patriarch Joseph. But 

 the fact that the Egyptians never admitted human 

 beings into the order of Gods, the improbabihty of 

 so great an honour being paid to a Hebrew stranger, 

 even during the reign of the King his patron, 

 and liis being styled the son of Netpe, sufficiently 

 disprove this opinion. Nor would the virtuous 

 Joseph have had reason to feel flattered by a repre- 

 sentative of so equivocal a character in the cata- 

 logue of Gods. 



Ta?, Tipo?, Typho?, Typhon?, Parturition?, 



OR RATHER GeSTATION ?. 



I have already observed, that there is reason to 

 consider the Evil Being, the son of Netpe, distinct 

 from Typho; and this last to be a female rather 

 than a male Deity. The former, whom, in the 

 uncertainty which still attends the reading of his 

 name, I suppose to be called Ombte or Ambo, has 

 evidently no office in connection with Horus t ; but 

 the figure in the accompanying Plate is represented 

 opposed to the son of Osiris, and holds a conspicu- 

 ous place in those temples and sculptures which 

 refer to his mysterious history. She appears to be 



* Chronological Inquiry, p. 4o. f Vide supra, p. 4:18. 



