Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . is one of the oldest of thegods, having existed on the waters in thedark chaos of the embryonic world, prior tothe first sunrise, or birth of Harmachis fromthe lotus flower. According to the later ex-oteric views he was the setting sun, theharbinger of the coolness of evening. Underhis guidance mankind was created byKhnum, and he was the dispenser of thewelcome northerly breezes. He was also theapproved warrior against the dark powersof the infernal regions which obstruct theprogress of the s
Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . is one of the oldest of thegods, having existed on the waters in thedark chaos of the embryonic world, prior tothe first sunrise, or birth of Harmachis fromthe lotus flower. According to the later ex-oteric views he was the setting sun, theharbinger of the coolness of evening. Underhis guidance mankind was created byKhnum, and he was the dispenser of thewelcome northerly breezes. He was also theapproved warrior against the dark powersof the infernal regions which obstruct theprogress of the suns bark, and is repre-sented as a bearded man with a combinedUpper and Lower Egyptian crown, or theorb of the sun, on his head, and the emblemsof sovereignty and life in his hands. As thecreator he sometimes has a scarabseus fora head; as Nefer-Tum he has the head ofa lion, surmounted by a hawk crowned withlotus flowers, and holds an uta eye ^j2> Turn of Heliopolis, lord llis hand- As representing the setting ofof the world, the sun preparatory to its rising again, he Ilarmachis, the RELIGION. 129
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