256 
GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES, 
fac-similes of another tomb at Vulci, unfortunately much mutilated, 
and the subject of the paintings not quite certain. Pluto and Pro¬ 
serpine are near the centre. The chequered ceilings of the tomb are 
above the upright Cases above the south wall. 
Synoptical View of Egyptian Mythology, with an Explanation of 
certain Egyptian Terms. 
Mythology.— In this list the following order has been observed. The Egyp¬ 
tian names of the deities are given first, with a translation, and the names of the 
analogous personages in Greek mythology; next, a statement of their character 
and attributes and of the mode of their representation in Egyptian art; and lastly, 
the names of the places which were the chief seats of their worship. 
Amen, Ammon, or H ammon; “the hidden; ” Jupiter; king of the gods. Repre¬ 
sented, 1, under the human form, with a tesher on his head, which is sur¬ 
mounted by two plumes ; 2, human form, ram-headed. Thebes. 
Mut or Mout; “ the mother;” Juno, the wife of Amen. Female form, wearing 
the pschent. Thebes. 
Chuns, Chons; “Force;” Hercules, the son of Amen and Mut. A youthful 
figure with a single lock of hair; on his head a lunar disk. Thebes. 
Num ; “ Water ; ” called by the Greeks Jupiter Chnumis; the creator of mankind; 
described as Baenra, “ the soul of the sun.” Human form, goat-headed. Ele- 
phantina. 
Aneka; Anucis, or Vesta; the wife of Num. A female wearing on her head a 
circular crown of feathers. Elephantina. 
Sate ; “ sun’s arrow or beam ;” Juno; the wife of Jupiter Chnumis. A female 
wearing the het, or cap of Upper Egypt, with a goat’s horn on each side. Ele¬ 
phantina. 
Heka ; “the frog;” the son of Num. A youthful figure like Horus. Ele¬ 
phantina and Abydos. 
Phtah, Phtha; Vulcan ; the creator of the sun and moon. Represented, 1, as 
a child or bandy-legged dwarf, with a scarabceus on his head ; 2, under the 
human form, swathed like a mummy. Memphis. 
Pash-t ; the “lioness;’’ Bubastis, or Diana; the wife of Phtha; called “the 
beloved of Phtha.” Female form, lion-headed. Memphis. 
Menhi; form of Pasht. Female; lion-headed; on her head an urasus. 
Atum nefer ; “the bringer of good;” supposed to be the son of Pasht nd 
Phtha. Human form, his head surmounted by two tall plumes and a lily; 
called “ the guardian of the nostril of the sun.” Memphis. 
Munt; Mars; a personification of the solar power. Human form, hawk-headed, 
wearing on his head two tall plumes. Hermonthis. 
Athor, and Hathor ; “abode of Horus;” Venus. Represented, 1, under the 
female form ; 2, with the head of a cow, as “the cow which produced the 
sun.” Esna and Edfou. 
Ra; “the sun;” Helios, or Sol; the son of Athor. Human form, hawk-headed, 
wearing the solar disk. Heliopolis. 
Atum, Athom, Heron; described as the setting sun. Human form, with a 
pschent on his head. 
Sebak; “the subduer?” Human form; crocodile-headed. Crocodilopolis. 
Ombos. 
Seb ; “ Star; ’’ Chronos, or Saturn. Human form ; on his head a goose. 
Nutfe, or Netpe ; “abyss of heaven; ’ Rhea; the wife of Seb. Female form, 
on her head a water-vase. 
Thoth; “Speech; ” Mercury; the inventor of speech and writing, the scribe of 
the gods, having power over the moon. Human form, ibis-headed, sometimes 
wearing on his head the lunar disk. Hermopolis. 
En-pe, Emeph; “leader of the heaven;” the son of Ra, another form of the 
god Thoth. Human form; on his head four tall plumes. 
Mau ; “ brilliancy ; ” the impersonation of sunlight, son of Ra. Human form, 
kneeling and supporting on his head the solar disk. 
Osiris, the eldest son of Seb and Nutpe. Represented, 1, as a mummy wearing 
the het, and called Unnefer, Onnophris, “ revealer of good,” corresponding to 
Bacchus; 2, wearing the atf, and called Pethempamentes, “ he who is resident 
in Hades ;” the Pluto of the GreeKs. Abydos. 
