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bows fastened behind them, led by a guardian demon to the 
presence of a monstrous apophic reptile, called “Fire-face” (a 
common Ophite epithet), who breathes flames upon them from 
his open jaws, and consumes the wicked by the breath of his 
mouth* * * § (fig. 100f). On other parts of the sarcophagus are 
further shown the gates of Hades (fig. 101), with the mystical 
serpent warders (fig. 102), the paradise of cypress-trees, guarded 
by fiery urgei.§ Crocodiles, whose tails end in serpentine forms, 
Winged serpents, the emblems of the deities Hanno and Maut. 
Fig. 103. Four mystic figures treading on a male serpent with the crown of Lower 
Egypt. The serpent’s name is Apte. (Sar. Oimen.) 
Serpents walkinguponhumanlegs (figs. 103, 104), theusualfigure 
of the god Chnuphis, soul of the world. Serpents with human 
* See Bonomi’s Sarcophagus of Oimenepthah I., plate 14. 
t “ O ye wicked, the flames of Amun-Ra are in thy members, they cannot 
be extinguished for ever.” — Birch, Magical Papyrus in the British Museum. 
x For° further details on Winged serpents it is only necessary to quote the 
search of Demeter for Persephone, in a chariot drawn by Winged serpents.— 
Creuzer, Symbolik, iv. 294. 
§ These latter objects it is but fair to state are believed by M. Pierret to 
be the cresting of the Pylons of the abodes of Amenti. 
