Identifier: cu31924092320518 (find matches)
Title: The gods of the Egyptians : or, Studies in Egyptian mythology
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934
Subjects: Mythology, Egyptian
Publisher: Chicago : Open Court Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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strength, who riseth in the heavens with four heads, who lighteth up the heavens and the earth (like Ra), who appeareth in the form of the Nile like (Osiris), who vivifieth the earth (like Seb), and who formeth the breath of life for all men, the chief of the gods, the lord of heaven and the king of the gods, ^ Ba-neb-Tettu was originally a local form of Ra,but he subsequently was made to include within himself not onlythe Soul of Ra, but the Souls of Osiris, and Seb, and Shu. Thesefour Souls are reproduced by Signor Lanzone, and appear in theform of four rams, the horns of each being surmounted by auraeus; they are described as The Soul of Seb, lord of Het- .xjA*S\ ,_j*j. As a matter of fact the first portion of this name represents®jxovU, the Greek nam.e of one portion of the ancient city of Tettu, and the second— al-Amdid —is a corruption of Ba-neb-Tettu, which became Ba-neb-Tet, thenBa-n-Tet, and finally Man-Tet, Mendes. ■ See Brugsch, Religion, p. 309. Dizionario, pi. 68.
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HAT-MEHIT 65 teft; the Soul of Osiris, lord of Ta-sent; the Soul of Shu, lord of Anit; and the Soul of Ra, dweller in In allusion to these Souls the Ram of Mendes is sometimesdescribed as the Ram with Four faces (or, heads) on one neck, <r-i? 1 J, The female counterpart of Ba-neb-Tettu was Hat-mehit, °^°^X iH ofl ^^^ ^^^ ^°^ ^5 ^^^ ^0*^ ^^^ Heru-pa-khart,the dweller within Tettu, ^D^^^JJ- This goddess isalways represented as a woman, who bears on her head the fish,^, which is the symbol of the nome, v^^il. She is described as the dweller in Atemet, ^ aaaa« (; ^^ 1 Z, and she was in some way connected with Punt, but the centre of her worship in Egyptwas the city of Mendes, of which she is called the Mother ; shewas, of course, a form both of Isis and Hathor, and as such wascalled the Eye of Ra, the lady of heaven, and the mistress of thegods. In late dynastic times, when Ba-neb-Tettu was especiallyregarded as the Soul of Osiris, and when the other aspects of thegod were not cons

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