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EXPLANATION OF EGYPTIAN TERMS. 
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. 
Hska ; “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 neper; supposed to be the son of Pasht and 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. 
Nutpe, or Netpe ; “abyss of heaven;” Rhea; the wdfe 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, Onnopbris, “ revealer of good,” corresponding to 
Bacchus; 2, wearing the atf, and calledPethempamentes, “he who is resident 
in Hades ;” the Pluto of the Greeks. Abydos. 
Isis : “ the seat; ” Ceres ; the daughter of Seb and Nutpe, and the wife of Osiris. 
Female form ; on her head.a throne. Abydos. 
Neb-t-a, Nepkthys; “mistress of the palace;” Proserpine; the daughter of 
Seb and Nutpe, and the concubine of Osiris. Female form : on her head the 
hieroglyphics of the words “ mistress” and “palace.” Abydos. 
Haroer, Harueris ; “the elder Horus;” Apollo; the son of Seb and Nutpe; 
his eyes were supposed to represent the sun and the moon. Human form, 
hawk -headed, w-earing the shent. Apollinopolis. 
Seth; “the ass;’’ “the desert;” Typhon; the son of Seb and Nutpe; the evil 
spirit. Represented, 1, under the human form, with the head of an ass; 2, as a 
dwarfish old man, clad in alion’s skin, and wearing plumes. 
