. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . h on hisway; full of fear, all creatures make suppli-cation before him, but he turneth not hisface towards Only by the unfailingpayment of tribute, and by feeding him asthough he were a simple human double, couldliving or dead escape the consequences of hisfurious temper. The living paid him his duesin pomps and solemn sacrifices, repeated from year to year at regular intervals;4 but the dead bought more dearly theprotection which he deigned to extend to them. He did not allow them toreceive directly the prayers, sepulchral meals, or offe
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . h on hisway; full of fear, all creatures make suppli-cation before him, but he turneth not hisface towards Only by the unfailingpayment of tribute, and by feeding him asthough he were a simple human double, couldliving or dead escape the consequences of hisfurious temper. The living paid him his duesin pomps and solemn sacrifices, repeated from year to year at regular intervals;4 but the dead bought more dearly theprotection which he deigned to extend to them. He did not allow them toreceive directly the prayers, sepulchral meals, or offerings of kindred onfeast-days ; all that was addressed to them must first pass through his their friends wished to send them wine, water, bread, meat, vegetables,and fruits, he insisted that these should first be offered and formallypresented to himself; then he was humbly prayed to transmit themto such or such a double, whose name and parentage were pointed out tohim. He took possession of them, kept part for his own use, and of his. PHTAH AS A 1 On tbe baleful character of Osiris, see Maspero, Études de Mythologie et dArchéologie, vol. 11, 12. 2 This is a continuation of the text cited above, p. 113. 3 Drawing by Faucher-Gudin of a bronze statuette of Saïte period, found in the department ofHérault, at the end of a gallery in an ancient mine. 4 The most solemn of these sacrifices were celebrated during the first days of the year, at thefeast Ûagaît, as is evident from texts in the tomb of Norfirhotpû and others (Bénédite, Le Tombeaude Noferhotpû, in the Mémoires de la Mission française, vol. v. p. 417, et seq.). 118 THE GODS OF EGYPT. bounty gave the remainder to its destined Thus death made nochange in the relative positions of the feudal god and his worshippers. Theworshipper who called himself the amakhû of the god during life was thesubject and vassal of his mummied god even in the tomb;2 and the godwho, while living, rei
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