Egyptian religious poetry

GLOSSARY 21

tears shed by the goddess for the loss of her husband Osiris which caused the inundation.

Stars. The Imperishable or Never-setting stars are the circumpolar stars which were always visible in the latitude of Memphis. The Unwearied or Never-resting stars were probably the planets.

Ta-mery. “The cultivated Land.” A name for Egypt.

Tatunen. An ancient god of Memphis; afterwards fused with Ptah.

Tefnut. A creation-goddess, from whom and from her brother Shu all other deities were derived.

Tety. A king of the vith dynasty, in whose pyramid the walls of the burial chamber were inscribed with the Pyramid Texts.

Thanent. A site sacred to Osiris.

Thoth (Eg. Zehuti). The god of writing, mathematics, medicine and magic, and god of the moon in its aspect as measurer of time. Called Hermes by the Greeks. Represented as an ibis-headed man. The dog-headed baboon was sacred to him. His sacred city was Khemennu (Gr. Hermopolis ; mod. Eshmunen).

Thothmes. ‘‘ Child of Thoth.” There were four kings of this name in the xviiith dynasty, of whom the third was the great conqueror, who founded the Empire of Egypt.

Two Lands.

Two Regions.

Two Sisters. The goddesses Isis and Nephthys, sisters of Osiris.

Un-nefer. “The Good Being.” An epithet of Osiris.

Up-uaut. “The Opener of the Ways.” The jackal god of Siut.

Wazt (Gr. Buto). The cobra-goddess of Buto, whose oracle was famous. Her image was the chief emblem of royalty,

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