The dawn of astronomy; a study of the temple-worship and mythology of the ancient Egyptians (1894)
Lockyer, Joseph Norman,Sir,1836-1920 · London, Cassell · leaf 237
CAPITAL, WITH MASKS OF HATHORWITH cows EAES. Chap. XXI.] THE COW HATIIOR. and one of the most ordinary forms of Hatlior is a hippopotamus.-^There is evidence that the star we are considering, 7 Draconis,occupied the place of the head or the mythical headgear. Here, then, in the actual symbolism of… … THE COW OF ISIS The other symbolism is quite different; instead of a hippo-potamus we deal with a cow. In the inscriptions at Denderah we find the star Sirius re-presented by a cow in a boat. In the circular zodiac we havethe cow in the boat, the point of the beginning of the year, andthe…
Astronomy, Egyptian · Temples · Sun worship
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