Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . Anunon-Ba, King of the gods. a1 Ihebes represent him enthroned or standing, colouredblue or black, generally adorned with the long feather head-dresstermed shuti, sometimes with the crown of Upper Egypt alone 4 or with that of Upper and Lower Egypt, and sometimes with a helmet or diadem on his head. In his hands he wields all kindssuch as the sceptre, the scourge, the crook, and,ll( Bymbol of life. When represented with a rams head he istermed Ammon-Khnum, Knuphis, or Kneph (p. L20). Besidehi
Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . Anunon-Ba, King of the gods. a1 Ihebes represent him enthroned or standing, colouredblue or black, generally adorned with the long feather head-dresstermed shuti, sometimes with the crown of Upper Egypt alone 4 or with that of Upper and Lower Egypt, and sometimes with a helmet or diadem on his head. In his hands he wields all kindssuch as the sceptre, the scourge, the crook, and,ll( Bymbol of life. When represented with a rams head he istermed Ammon-Khnum, Knuphis, or Kneph (p. L20). Besidehim in the greai triad of Thebes stand Muth. the maternal principleCp> li md Khunsu or Khom, who represents the operation of• in the external world, and particularly in its RELIGTON. 139 relation to human affairs. He is the destroyer of enemies, himankind in the battle of life, and he heals the sick. To his headthe moon is attached by the infantine lock. From his wanderings asthe god of the moon, and from the vigour with which he destroyedevil spirits, he was identified with Heracles by the Gre
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