. The Mythology of all races .. . ted as a female hippopotamus(perhaps pregnant) with human breasts and lions feet. Onher back she carries a crocodile (which later she sometimesbears in her paws), and from this association she receivesthe head and tail — or only the tail — of a crocodile; later 6o EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY still she may assume also the head of a lion or of a heavenlygoddess in a human form, thus indicating her celestial one period she must have been worshipped very widely, forthe month Epiphi is sacred to her; and accordingly she bearsthe name of Ueret or, later, T-ueret (G
. The Mythology of all races .. . ted as a female hippopotamus(perhaps pregnant) with human breasts and lions feet. Onher back she carries a crocodile (which later she sometimesbears in her paws), and from this association she receivesthe head and tail — or only the tail — of a crocodile; later 6o EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY still she may assume also the head of a lion or of a heavenlygoddess in a human form, thus indicating her celestial one period she must have been worshipped very widely, forthe month Epiphi is sacred to her; and accordingly she bearsthe name of Ueret or, later, T-ueret (Greek Sov-qpi;), i. e. theGreat One. Originally she seems to have been simply a localdivinity, but before the New Empire, as we see in Fig. 60, shewas identified with the constellation of Bootes as the guar-dian of the malev-olent her hor-rible appearance,she is in realitybeneficent and isa mistress oftalismans. Sheaffords protectionagainst sicknessand is pre-emi- nently helpful in lA^child-birth, whence ■ •. she appears not ^i^. 61. Three Later Types of £pet (the Last as^ ^ _ Queen of Heaven) only at the birth of the sun each morning, but, strangely enough, also at itsdeath at evening. Accordingly she is later called She WhoBears the Sun, and is, therefore, identified with Nut or hasthe head of Hat-hor-Isis. In this representation of the circumpolar stars we also seethe later attempt to discover, as further guardians of thedangerous group of seven stars, the Nubian goddess Selqet(to be discussed on pp. 147, 157), and the four sons of Horus(see pp. 111-13). There we likewise find An, Anen,^° a godwho holds a staff behind his shoulders (hence his name fromthe verb n, to turn back.^) and who is stellarized as anotherguardian of the Great Bear, so that sometimes he even be- OTHER GODS CONNECTED WITH NATURE 6i
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