. The Mythology of all races .. . f the constellations), while the ground is green andblue like meadows or the Nile, so that each temple is a repro-duction of the world, a microcosm. The outer walls representthe deeds of the royal builder, often his wars, for the laity;the Inner walls depict the worship of the gods for the priests. This description of the normal temple does not apply to allreligious buildings. The funerary shrines for the cult of thesouls of deceased kings present peculiarities,^^ as do thosewhich commemorate exclusively the birth or enthronement of aking (p. 171) or the more
. The Mythology of all races .. . f the constellations), while the ground is green andblue like meadows or the Nile, so that each temple is a repro-duction of the world, a microcosm. The outer walls representthe deeds of the royal builder, often his wars, for the laity;the Inner walls depict the worship of the gods for the priests. This description of the normal temple does not apply to allreligious buildings. The funerary shrines for the cult of thesouls of deceased kings present peculiarities,^^ as do thosewhich commemorate exclusively the birth or enthronement of aking (p. 171) or the more extensive constructions which wereerected when a Pharaoh celebrated the so-called jubilee ofthirty years, etc.^^ Some large sanctuaries built by the kingsof the Fifth Dynasty are quite unique: on a large base, sur-rounded by courts with altars, stands a single obelisk, whoseproportions are too huge to be monolithic. These were erectedin honour of the sun-god, whose ship, constructed of bricks, 190 EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY ^ B^^maiizWo^. ETHICS AND CULT 191
Size: 1061px × 2355px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectmythology, bookyear19
