Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 137
ement than this semi-wofship of animals.^ Later theology has suc-ceeded in orivino- more or lesssubtle and specious explana-tions of these forms of worship.Each of these animals hasbeen assigned, as symbol orattribute, to one of the greaterdeities. As for ourselves wehave no doubt that theseobjects… … Fig. 37.—The goddess Bast. (From a bronze inthe Louvre. Actual size.) The Egyptian Religion and the Plastic Arts. 55 brino-ine it into cultivation, imacrination deified these animals,some for the services which they rendered, others for theterror which they inspired ; and it was the same with…
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