. Osiris and the Egyptian resurrection;. , shadows, and heads being consumed. Each pit isunder the charge of a goddess, who vomits fire into it,in order to keep the flames renewed, and the knifewhich each goddess holds in her hand indicates whather functions were. The scenes in the Book of Gates also afford indica-tions concerning the tortures which were inflicted uponthe original enemies of Osiris. It was impossible forOsiris to slay all his enemies at once, even though theywere in his power, and, whilst various batches of themwere awaiting their turn at the block, they were kepttightly fette
. Osiris and the Egyptian resurrection;. , shadows, and heads being consumed. Each pit isunder the charge of a goddess, who vomits fire into it,in order to keep the flames renewed, and the knifewhich each goddess holds in her hand indicates whather functions were. The scenes in the Book of Gates also afford indica-tions concerning the tortures which were inflicted uponthe original enemies of Osiris. It was impossible forOsiris to slay all his enemies at once, even though theywere in his power, and, whilst various batches of themwere awaiting their turn at the block, they were kepttightly fettered and bound. One terrible instrument of torture was the T, the modern equivalent of which is known as the goree stick.^ It is a branch of a tree,forked at one end, by which, with the help of a strip ofleather, it is fastened round the neck of a man, and ithangs down in front of the wretched creature who is ^ Livingstone, Expedition to the /^mbesi, p. 125 ; Thomson, To theCentral African Lakes, p. 130. Osiris and Human Sacrifice 205 -A.
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