. The Mythology of all races .. . t, as the god of justice, has his four baboons -° whowatch the lake of fire or catch the souls of the condemned in anet to deliver them to torment (for the net cf. p. 109). Thesepunishments mean instantaneous annihilation or long agony,as does also life with ones head hanging downward, althougheternal torture Is nowhere so clearly stated as eternal bliss.^^ The view that only virtue and piety toward the gods freeman from such an evil fate and secure him bliss can be tracedin its beginnings tothe Pyramid Period,and officially ifpre-domlnates in gen-eral after t
. The Mythology of all races .. . t, as the god of justice, has his four baboons -° whowatch the lake of fire or catch the souls of the condemned in anet to deliver them to torment (for the net cf. p. 109). Thesepunishments mean instantaneous annihilation or long agony,as does also life with ones head hanging downward, althougheternal torture Is nowhere so clearly stated as eternal bliss.^^ The view that only virtue and piety toward the gods freeman from such an evil fate and secure him bliss can be tracedin its beginnings tothe Pyramid Period,and officially ifpre-domlnates in gen-eral after the Mid-dle Empire. Evenkings are subject toit and expect to re-cite tne IMegatlve Yig. 189. A Female Guardian with Fiery BreathConfession before Watches Souls, Symbolized by Shades and Heads,, ., \ r r\ • ^N the Ovens of Hell the tribunal oi Usi- ris, although In our chapter on magic we shall find some strangepassages which place the Pharaoh beyond all justice and abovethe gods themselves, thus forming a marked contrast to the. LIFE AFTER DEATH i8i general teaching. This ethical theory, however, was never ableentirely to displace the more primitive view that bliss for thedead could be mechanically secured after death by sacrifices,prayers, and religious ceremonies which might be consideredmagical from the point of view of a more advanced equipment of the dead with endless amulets and withwritings and pictures of a seml-magic character, such as wehave described on p. 175, Is likewise quite essential for everyone. In later times embalmment also was counted amongthese mechanical means (p. ill), for It had been forgotten thatthe only object of the mummificationof the body and the preservation ofthe most Important viscera In canopicvases (p. 112) was to keep an abode forthe soul. It was then believed thatOsiris was the first to be mummified,and that embalmment by the fingersof^Anubls had secured for him eternallife. This seems likewise to have beenthe purpose of a st
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