Zeus : a study in ancient religion . ^ e o O D o o ^ G O iH-G (U CL o3 5 U (/3 U o o o c -^ O rt •s ^>. rt vj C ^; G t/5 ^ O O •» I—I o WbjO oo w g o o •-5 ^o bjO-*^.S-d rn I ^ bJO c ^ t/3 d W 05 J= J2 d-I- ^ <u o o t/3 Si O 43 u s obJO co lS a A- tA tuo o .s ^ — b/) :3 „ c^ _Q GOJ t^ o rt G 2 ->P ? o !/) X5 O G O t/3 biO 1 u O ^3 u n CL, X) bJ3 G ^ GG « O G h/) OS ^ fl t bo o G ^^ (U + r^^d 1 o t/5 f/1 biO (L> + CL, G- O O (U G ^ 6 u > ^ rt oo >^H o w G X C ° H cT^ C U C:^ o K O 03 Pl, G Ti rv! .S 3 O ^ D CL. K- oJ =« »-J P4 < d «-2 (U O t/5 O ,t/i 1-L^.H nj G 3-^-


Zeus : a study in ancient religion . ^ e o O D o o ^ G O iH-G (U CL o3 5 U (/3 U o o o c -^ O rt •s ^>. rt vj C ^; G t/5 ^ O O •» I—I o WbjO oo w g o o •-5 ^o bjO-*^.S-d rn I ^ bJO c ^ t/3 d W 05 J= J2 d-I- ^ <u o o t/3 Si O 43 u s obJO co lS a A- tA tuo o .s ^ — b/) :3 „ c^ _Q GOJ t^ o rt G 2 ->P ? o !/) X5 O G O t/3 biO 1 u O ^3 u n CL, X) bJ3 G ^ GG « O G h/) OS ^ fl t bo o G ^^ (U + r^^d 1 o t/5 f/1 biO (L> + CL, G- O O (U G ^ 6 u > ^ rt oo >^H o w G X C ° H cT^ C U C:^ o K O 03 Pl, G Ti rv! .S 3 O ^ D CL. K- oJ =« »-J P4 < d «-2 (U O t/5 O ,t/i 1-L^.H nj G 3-^- t/3 T! o oi 1^ o li. P^. Orphic Theogonies and Cosmogonic Eros 1035 was originally an egg {^Weltef) ; (2) the sun in particular is egg-shaped and wasoriginally an egg {^Lichtei\ ? SojtneneP) : (3) the life of all things has beendeveloped like that of a chicken from an egg {das Eials Embryonalzustand^)). Confining our attention to old-world examples, we note the following :[a) Egypt, Ra as a phoenix {supra i. 341) came out of the great egg producedby Seb and Nut (E. A. Wallis Budge The Gods of the Egyptians London 1904ii. 95 f, 107 n. I, no, cp. A. Erman A Handbook of Egyptia?i Religion S. Griffith London 1907 pp. 26, 81, 157). Ptah the Padre dei principiicreatore dell novo del sole e della Luna (Lanzone Dizio?t. di Mitol. 239) was represented as a potter shaping on his wheel the cosmic egg {id. 250 f. pi. 94, i). Cp. Sir G. Maspero The Dawn of Civilization^ London1901 p. 128 with id. The Struggle of the Nations London 1896 p. 168 n. i. {b) India. In Vedic cosmogony Aditi had eight son


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