CHAP. XIII. APHOnilS, THE SERPENT. 435 



ludcd. This also calls to miiul the connection 

 between the operation of the creator and of the 

 destroying power. 



Aphophts, The Serpent. 



Having mentioned the bad principle, and shown 

 the distinction between Typho and the son of 

 Netpe, it may not be out of place to introduce 

 another character of the Evil Being ; in which we 

 cannot fail to recognise the Serpent the enemy of 

 mankind, and from which the Pytho of Greek my- 

 thology was evidently derived. 



Aphophis, or Apop, which in Egyptian signifies a 

 ^' giant "wan the name given to the Serpent of whicli 

 Horus is represented as the Destroyer. From this, 

 the Greeks borrowed the story of Apollo's destruc- 

 tion of the Serpent Pytho ; as from the name Apho. 

 phis, the wars between the Giants, or Titans, and 

 the Gods. " For," as Plutarch observes*, '* those 

 wars, which are so much spoken of by the Greeks, 

 the detestable actions of Saturn, and the combats 

 between Apollo and Pytho, the flights of Bacchus, 

 and the wanderings of Ceres, are of the same 

 nature as the adventures of Osiris and Typho." 



In another placet, he speaks of " Apopis as a 

 prince, who was brother to the Sun, and made 

 war upon Jupiter, by whom he was defeated 

 through the assistance of Osiris," which tends to 

 the same point ; and it is remarkable that the 



* Pint, lie Is. s. 25. t Plut. de Is. s. 36. 



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