XII. How They Denote Hephæstus [Phthah]
XII. How They Denote Hephæstus [Phthah]
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XII. How They Denote Hephæstus [Phthah]

XII. HOW THEY DENOTE HEPHÆSTUS [PHTHAH.]

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'To denote Hephæstus [Phthah], they delineate a SCARABÆUS and a VULTURE, and to denote Athena [Neith], 2 a VULTURE and a SCARABÆUS; for to them the world appears to consist both of male and female, (for Athena [Neith] however they also depict a vulture) and; according to them, these are the only Gods who are both male and female. 3

Footnotes
  1. 29:1

    I. Neith, Athena, or Minerva.

    II. Phthah Tore, the deformed pigmy God of Memphis, has a scarabæus on his head, and sometimes stands upon a crocodile.

    III. Phthah Socari.

    II. Phthah Tore, the deformed pigmy God of Memphis, has a scarabæus on his head, and sometimes stands upon a crocodile.

    III. Phthah Socari.

  2. 29:2

    To denote Phthah, they delineate a SCARABÆUS i and a VULTURE, to denote Neith?

  3. 29:3

    See c. 10 and 11.

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