Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 252
ippopotamus, standing ready to devour thesoul if the verdict is unfavourable. Further onthe accepted soul appears before Osiris. The goddess Nut (the heavens) is frequentlypainted upon the sarcophagi and mummy cases inthe form of a seated or kneelincr fioure of a woman o o with very large wings… … EXAMPLES OF EGYPTIAN SYMBOLISM. 231 THE SYMBOLIC INFLUENCE the sun upon her head. To the Egyptians, indeed,we owe the very embodiment of the mystery ofexistence itself—the sphinx who continues to pro-pound her riddle afresh to every age. Greek mythology again, as exemplified inGreek art, expresses…
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