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between Hercules and other of the reputed Ty- 

 phonian figures. * 



In the buildings called by some Typhonia, and 

 in many of the mysterious subjects above alluded 

 to, she is accompanied by another figure of hideous 

 shape, which has also been considered Typhonian. 

 This monster forms the ornamental part of the 

 capitals of the columns around the Mammeisi 

 Temples, formerly called Typhonia, as at Den- 

 dera and other places.! The name of Typhonium 

 has been improperly applied to these monuments, 

 since they were not consecrated to Typho, but 

 are rather connected with the mysterious rites 

 of Harpocrates and other infant Deities, relating 

 to their birth, or generally to the principle of re- 

 generation. The ingenious Champollion has as- 

 signed to them the appellation of Mammeisi, the 

 " lying in places" where the third member of the 

 triad, worshipped in the adjoining temple, was born, 

 and nursed by the Deities, who were supposed to 

 perform that office in Egyptian Mythology. 



Death ?, Mors ?, Besa ?. 



The name of this Deity is as yet doubtful. His 

 appearance is of a short deformed man, with a tail, 

 a curly beard, and a head-dress of long feathers : 

 but little is known of his office and attributes, nor 

 have I been able to ascertain if he be the husband 

 of Typho. The story of Nephthys being the wife 

 of Typho, even if Typho were a God, is not au- 



* Vide the next Deity, and Hercules. f Vide Plate 24. a. fig. 4-. 



