ifications the noblest living form theyknew, that of man. In thenext place they required someeasy method for distinguishingtheir imaginary beings one fromanother. They had to give toeach deity some feature whichshould be peculiar to him orher self, and should allow ofhis being at once identified… … Fig. 38.- -Painted bas-relief. Boiilak. (Drawnby Bourgoin.) Egypt itself afforded. In thecase of each divinity, the par-ticular animal was selectedwhich had been consecratedto it, which was Its symbolor at least its attribute, and the head or body, as the casemight be, was detached in order to form…
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