. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . swere busy uniting in a single person the prerogatives which their ancestorshad ascribed to many different beings. But this conception of deity towardswhich their ideas were converging has nothing in common with the conceptionof the God of our modern religions and philosophies. No god of theEgyptians was ever spoken of simply as God. Tûmû was the one and only£od —nûtir M/à ûâîii—at Heliopolis ; Anhûri-Shû was also the one and onlygod at Sebennytos and at Thinis. The unity of Atûmû did not interferewith that of Anhûri-Shû, but each of these gods,
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . swere busy uniting in a single person the prerogatives which their ancestorshad ascribed to many different beings. But this conception of deity towardswhich their ideas were converging has nothing in common with the conceptionof the God of our modern religions and philosophies. No god of theEgyptians was ever spoken of simply as God. Tûmû was the one and only£od —nûtir M/à ûâîii—at Heliopolis ; Anhûri-Shû was also the one and onlygod at Sebennytos and at Thinis. The unity of Atûmû did not interferewith that of Anhûri-Shû, but each of these gods, although the sole deityin his own domain, ceased to be so in the domain of the other. The feudalspirit, always alert and jealous, prevented the higher dogma which was dimlyapprehended in the temples from triumphing over local religions and extendingover the whole land. Egypt had as many sole deities as she had largecities, or even important temples ; she never accepted the idea of the soleGod, beside whom there is none THE LEGENDARY HISTORY OF EGYPT. THE DIVINE DYNASTIES : RA, SHU, OSIRIS, SÎT, HORUS—THOT, AND THE INVENTION OFSCIENCES AND WRITING—MENES, AND THE THREE FIRST HUMAN DYNASTIES. The Egyptians claim to be the most ancient of peoples: traditions concerning the creation ofman and of animals—The Heliopolitan Enneads the framework of the divine dynasties—Râ, thefirst King of Egypt, and his fabulons history: he allows himself to be duped and robbed by Isis,destroys rebellious men, and ascends into heaven. The legend of S!nl and Sibil—The reign of Osiris Onnophris and of Isis : they civilize Egyptand the world—Osiris, slain by Sit, is entombed by Isis and avenged by HoTUS—The wars ofTyphon and of Horns : peace, and the division of Egypt between the two gods. The Osirian embalmment: the kingdom of Osiris opened to the followers of Horns—The Bookof the Bead—The journeying of the soul in search of the fields of Iahl- The judgment
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