. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . THE SOLAR BARK PASSING INTO THE MOUNTAIN OF THE 198 THE LEGENDARY HISTORY OF celestial Nile, the cynocephali, who guarded the entrance into night, began todance and gesticulate upon the banks as they intoned their accustomed hymn. The gods of Abydos mingled their shouts of joy with thechant of the sacred baboons, the bark lingered for a momentupon the frontiers of day, and initiated souls seized theoccasion to secure their recognition and their reception onboard of Once admitted, they took their share in themanagement of the
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . THE SOLAR BARK PASSING INTO THE MOUNTAIN OF THE 198 THE LEGENDARY HISTORY OF celestial Nile, the cynocephali, who guarded the entrance into night, began todance and gesticulate upon the banks as they intoned their accustomed hymn. The gods of Abydos mingled their shouts of joy with thechant of the sacred baboons, the bark lingered for a momentupon the frontiers of day, and initiated souls seized theoccasion to secure their recognition and their reception onboard of Once admitted, they took their share in themanagement of the boat, and in the battles with hostiledeities; but they were not all endowed with the courage orequipment needful to withstand the perils and terrors ofthe voyage. Many stopped short by the way in one of theregions which it traversed, either in the realm of Khonta-mentît, or in that of Sokaris, or in those islands where thegood Osiris welcomed them as though they had duly arrivedin the ferry-boat, or upon the wing of Thot. There theydwelt in colonies under the suzerainty of local gods, rich,and in need of nothing, but condemned to liv
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