| Savary (M., Claude Etienne) - 1787 - 534 páginas
...ferpent was ehoien (k). " There are facred ferpents, near " Thebes, which are harmlefs (I), having * e two horns on the top of the head $ when " they die they are buried in the temple of " Jupiter." The name of Cneph (m), or good genius, was beftowed on it, as well as. • the divinity it reprefented,... | |
| Savary (M., Claude Etienne) - 1787 - 518 páginas
...ferpent was chofen (k). " There are facred ferpents, near " Thebes, which are harmlefs (I), having " two horns on the top of the head ; when " they die they are buried in trie temple of " Jupiter." The name of Cneph (m), or good genius, was beftowed on it, as well as the... | |
| Herodotus - 1812 - 478 páginas
...ages very extenfiive, and was introduced into all the mysteries wherever celebrated. It is remarkable men : they are very small, but have two horns on the...purpose of obtaining information concerning the winged serpent *39. I here saw a prodigious quantity of serpents that wherever the Ammonians founded any places... | |
| William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 páginas
...Thehes there are also sacred serpents, very small, with two horns on the top of the head : when these die, they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they are said to belong. See UEKODOT. Euterpe, Ixix, Ixxl, Ixv.i, i\xiv. 13, &c.] When it is said, ' Of the tree of the knowledge... | |
| 1821 - 790 páginas
...suppressed." Bryant's Mythology, vol. ip 57. " In the vicinity of Thebes there are also sacred serpents, not at all troublesome to men : they are very small, but have two horns at the top of the head. When they die, they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they are said... | |
| Edward Upham - 1824 - 348 páginas
...real but the universal soul. — Oupnek-bat, Vedas. (66) Sacred serpents are frequent about Thebes : when they die they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they belong. The Egyptians worshipped the goodness of the Creator under the name of Cneph. The serpent,... | |
| Herodotus - 1830 - 472 páginas
...to Egypt to the temple of the sun. LXXIV. In the vicinity of Thebes there are also sacred serpents," not at all troublesome to men : they are very small,...purpose of obtaining information concerning the winged serpent." I saw here a prodigious quantity of quae de phcenice are, deque fluviatili equo et crocodilorum... | |
| John Gardner Wilkinson - 1841 - 528 páginas
...(Nat. Deor. lib.i.); Herodotus from Arabia. § Aristot. An. i. 5. || Herodot. ii. 74. to man ; and when they die they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they are reputed to be sacred." These horned snakes are very common in Upper Egypt, but are seldom found as... | |
| sir John Gardner Wilkinson - 1841 - 532 páginas
...(Nat. Dcor. lib.i.); Herodotus from Arabia. § Aristot. An. i. 5. || Herodot. ii. 74. to man ; and when they die they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they are reputed to be sacred." These horned snakes are very common in Upper Egypt, but are seldom found as... | |
| James Ewing Cooley - 1843 - 668 páginas
...species of sacred snake, of a very small size, on whose head are two horns. They do no harm to man ; and when they die, they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they are reputed to be sacred."J This horned serpent is said, however, to be very venomous, and is now often... | |
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