110 AMENTET and herbs and grain — as well as of the earth ' beneath the surface, so that he was the god of the tombs also. He is called the “ Erpa,” that is, the heredi- … SEB. and he is sometimes depicted lying on the ground, his limbs covered by foliage, while Nut bends over him, her body arched to represent the sky (cf. Nut, p. 88). He seems to have played an important part in the funerary ritual of the ancient Egyptians, as the many references to him in the Book…
Animal worship · Amulets
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