The Nile : notes for travellers in Egypt . Chonsu, was associated with Amen-Ra TEHUTI. CHONSU. and Mut in the Theban triad. He was the god of the moon,and is represented as hawk-headed and wearing the lunardisk and crescent. His second name was Nefer-hetep, andhe was worshipped with great honour at Thebes. Sebek, ^5\, the crocodile-headed god, was worshippedat Kom-Ombos and in the Fayyum. I-em-hetep (Imouthis), li ^^^ _^, was the son of Ptah. ^ I 2 NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT. ^ 0 ii6 Shu, K <2r^, and Tefnut, ~ ^ r^j? ^^e^e the children of Seb and Nut, and represented sunHght and moisture
The Nile : notes for travellers in Egypt . Chonsu, was associated with Amen-Ra TEHUTI. CHONSU. and Mut in the Theban triad. He was the god of the moon,and is represented as hawk-headed and wearing the lunardisk and crescent. His second name was Nefer-hetep, andhe was worshipped with great honour at Thebes. Sebek, ^5\, the crocodile-headed god, was worshippedat Kom-Ombos and in the Fayyum. I-em-hetep (Imouthis), li ^^^ _^, was the son of Ptah. ^ I 2 NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT. ^ 0 ii6 Shu, K <2r^, and Tefnut, ~ ^ r^j? ^^e^e the children of Seb and Nut, and represented sunHght and moisturerespectively. Athor, or Hathor, ^ , Het-Heru, the house of Horus, is identified with Nut, the sky, or place in whichshe brought forth and suckled Horus. She was the wife ofAtmu, a form of Ra. She is represented as a womanwearing a headdress in the shape of a vulture, and above ita disk and horns. She is called mistress of the gods,lady of the sycamore, lady of the west, and Hathor ofThebes. She is the female power of nature, and has som
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