. The Nile. Notes for travellers in Egypt . emblem was the suns disk. His worship wasvery ancient, and he was said to be the offspring of Nut, orthe sky. He assumed the forms of several other gods, andis at times represented by the lion, cat, and hawk. Inpapyri and on bas-reliefs he is represented with the head ofa hawk and wearing a disk, in front of which is an uraeus ^ was particularly adored at Thebes. When he rose in themorning he was called Heru-chuti or Harmachis; and atnight, when he set, he was called Atmu, or the the night he was supposed to be engaged in fightingAp
. The Nile. Notes for travellers in Egypt . emblem was the suns disk. His worship wasvery ancient, and he was said to be the offspring of Nut, orthe sky. He assumed the forms of several other gods, andis at times represented by the lion, cat, and hawk. Inpapyri and on bas-reliefs he is represented with the head ofa hawk and wearing a disk, in front of which is an uraeus ^ was particularly adored at Thebes. When he rose in themorning he was called Heru-chuti or Harmachis; and atnight, when he set, he was called Atmu, or the the night he was supposed to be engaged in fightingApepi, the serpent, who, at the head of a large army offiends, personifications of mist, darkness, and cloud, tried tooverthrow him. The battle was fought daily, but Ra alwaysconquered, and appeared day after day in the sky. Horus, Y^rji Heru, is the morning sun, and is alsorepresented as having the head of a hawk; he was said tobe the son of Isis and Osiris, and is usually called theavenger of his father, in reference to his defeat of
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