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ANCIENETG YPTNI A MYTHSA ND LEGENDS LewSipse nce AncieEngty ptian Mythsa ndL egends ) e4 g2 a3 p ( m u e sh Mua l t ris i he Brl i t s n orof O A t o ec t r n f· Ani ofrus on of the Di tioo he Papy mlasl enta m t e y Per es ro mllb r F l P ca e Fa h he T t m ed fro c u d o r p e It AncienEtg yptian Mythsa ndL egends by LEWISS PENCE DOVER PUBLICATIONISN, C. NewY ork PublishienCd a nadbay G eneraPlu blishCionmgp an,y Ltd.3,0L esmiRlola dD,o nM illTsor,o ntOon,t ario. Publishientd h eU niteKdi ngdomb y Constabalned Compan,Ly td.3T, h eL anchest1e6r2s-,1 64 FuPlahlaamc e RoadL,o ndoWn6 9ER. ThisD overed itifoni,rp sutb lishien1d 9 90i,sa nu n abridgreedp ublicaotfti hoewn o rko riginally piunb lished 191b5y G eorgGe. H arra&p C ompan,yL ondonu,n detrh e titMlye th& sL egeonAfdn sc ientT hEogsieyl pltu.st rations originianlc loyl oarr er eproduhceerdie n b lacakn dw hite. Theo rdearn dp ositioofmn a nyo ft hei llustrahtaivoen s beena ltered. Manufactuirnte hde U niteSdt atoefsA merica DovePru blicatIinocn.s3,,1E ast2 ndS treeMti,n eola, N.Y1.1 501 LibroafCr oyn gress CatalogDiantga- in-Publication SpencLee,w i1s8,7 4-1955· [Myth&s l egenodfsa ncieEngty pt] AncienEtg yptian mayntdhls e gendIs b y Lewis Spence. p. em. ReprinOtr.i ginaplulbyl ishMeydt:h s& legenodfs ancieEngty ptL.o ndo:nG .H arra1p9,1 5. Includiensd ex. ISBNo -486-26525-o 1.M ythology, EgyIp.tT iiatlne.. BL2441.S179 90 299.'3 1-dc2o 90-41240 CIP PREFACE IN t his tvhorele ulmieg ious hEigsytpotr y of ancient habse erne vieiwne dt heo ft lhsiecg iheotn fc e modemrynt holFoegwEy g.py toloagrwiees ltls inofrmreedg artdhibena gsl iacwo sft hsacti eanncde , mucmhis aprpehenrseigoanr tdhicenh ga raacntde r attriobfmu atneoysf t hdee itwioerssh iipntp heed NilVea llieny tpiamhseatsts h erreebsyu lTtheed . statetmhEeagntyt p rteilainig dieoaussb ceca onlnloatte d witbha rbaarnsidaa vna cgoen cespitmipoblneysc a use theayrE eg yptaintadhn e orr'eec f lasasniidnc v iolate • winloll onrgeemrau innq uesatmiootnnhgesa det c tion oft hpeu balciccu sttoot mheifdnro ki t,sa enlsdfu ch pronouncaestm heatnthta esn imgaoldo sfE gypt havneoc onnewxiittohon t emicw ioslrhlio gritnlsy assutmheep irro ppeerrs pective. In adviadnecsaioisn c go lnao-scwthiicaclhwl i ll rememwbeerared umbrbaytt heleda MtreA. n drew Lanagn sdt nrgolbyu ttrbeySs isJrea dm Fersa zer-it ise ssaeltn htaIist h oaulttd h e outset protect myself agaiannscyth arogfle asco kfa cquaiwnitttahhn ec e scieonfEc gey ptyo.lS ougcahw orakst hiwsh,i ch attetmofpu ttrhsre erc veinetcw osn cgea rw neilnl-worn sujbcetm,u sbtyt hvee rcyi rcumosfit atensoffc rbetes caasntwd r ititnpe ounpl asrt ylTeh.as tu cath r eat menitss u ffictiope rnjetdu icient hieety eosfac ertain typoefc riIat miw ce alwla rAel .o nsge riheasn dof booaknsad r tihcaldpe rse parefdro m cywr oirtki cs int hsiesr uipeoMsne xiacnaPdner uvmiyatnah n,id t wagse naelarldym itthtIaes tdp oket huepssoujenbce ts ouotft haeu thoorfli otneygx perience. Ifi ndi tn ecseatsroys tattheet,nh ,at ths et uodfy Egypthieiraong liysnp ohts tnome ew.F osre veral yeaIr lsa bouartt ehde asses uisdlusyot,u dtyhineg Vll PREFACE languaSgeemicsia ,tdn A fricainnl,cud nigC opcwt,hi cih arceo gnwaitttehh eE gyptIinatn h.es tuodfy heirloygphsiycs tIe wmass a ttratcotweatdrh de wonrdfeusly stoefwm r itwihnigpc rhe vaaimloendg thMea yao fC etnrAamle r,ai nctdah roiuttgo th h e codnesriaotfMi eoxni acracnh reiongleo ngey rMayl . grounidntih nEegg ypltainagnhu aaagsle ss too moed ing oosdt eaandd, f roir fe ascoonnsn ewcittehd the necesfrosp iotpyu plraers enmtypa atgiaeorsnne to littweirtheheid r loygpIh csa,ln a cyl atioms u ch a knwoledogfe Egylpitnigaounri isagtsiic naccsn o ntrol andye rtiivohanesra et temptehdo-wwehhviaecvrhe,, not vbeenetnuu rpeowdni thtohuceto unteonfa nce othaenrhd i ghaeurtr hiioet.s If Id iheffarvefoerdm Egyptoloofsg tiasntidsnim nagt tmeyrtoshl ogical, I havbee esne dulcoauurslenl foytt oa ttetmhpet im pertionfce onncter atdhieicmnmt a itntgle irnsg uistic. Thelieirlf oancgq uaiwnittoahrn icgteie nxgatilsv es theomfc, o urasuet,h otrowi htiyIcg hl abdolwyb, u t If eelo,nt hoet hhearnt dh,ma yto wcnl ossteu doife s mytohloaglpi rcoblwehmisac,rha e sv ittaotl h ien teroefs tstsch ieae sni ctlesi ngauniadsr tcihcre ological sides, etnoat divtamlnyecp ee mres onaulp ovni ews sucehv,ew nh etnh esoep paortseote hdo saeu tohfo ri tiwehso rseep utiantt hifieoe nlo dfE gyptsotloagnyd s deserhviegdhl.y Studoefnm tysta hn Edg yptoalswo eglayls,t he geenrraela ddreartw otn h seuj bcetbsyt hgel amoofu r thmey sattimco swphhielcrehuet,sh opwei,l ls uerver routnhde wmi,fil nltd h Iah ta vneoh te sittoaat tteadc k hypothesest hcceho anrcaaencradtnt eitrnr gio bfu tes certain mdyetilhtooigeitscy apoltefw h hei mcahy havbee ereng ardmeadna ysub lyt imfiaxteedTl.hy i s appleiseepcsi taloml yya ttempted roefc onstruction thnea tuorfe sO sIiissrT,ih so,t h,s evaenordta hle r viii PREFACE divinMiytr ieemsa.tr okuosp,,o t no teimEings ymp t maye ngenodpepro stihtoiuoIgnb h,e litehvateth e ranokft haeu thoIrc iactnai tleomls y a iwdi slulc ceed in discarrimtoiifnmc gyia srmg uments. Noo nec an rciogmhtplryet hheen dt arnedn d curroefn tEsg yfipattwhih adono ensop to ssseosmse acquaiwnittaEhng cyep thiiasnt moarneynr,sa ,n d custoImh sa.vt eh eorrpeerf ovbirdiesedyf n oopfs es theasse ,w eslolma eca csoo ufEn gtpy tiaarnc hreology. ToM r.W .G .B laikie wMhuorwsdoeor cakhns,d inlfueonncm eo dearrnt waerlklen owtnoi tmso re serisotuusdI ea nmto sb,l ifgrot ehde grpeoastseisbtl e assisatnagdnu cied ainntc hese e ctdieoanlw iintgh thaer otf a nciEegnytp t.m ya Tsos isMtisasn ts, Mavie aJnaMdci ksK sa theNrixienyIe,a mm uch behoflrodt ehcneo llaencatdri nrogane moefvn atl uable matearnifdaro ml a nsyu ggestions. L. s. The EgyptiaSny mbolf ort heS oul (paslg e Inth eB ritMiusshe um