A SECOND SERIES

OF THE

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS

OF

THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS,

INCLUDING

THEIR RELIGION, AGRICULTURE, &c.

DERIVED FROM A COMPARISON OF

THE PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES, AND MONUMENTS STILL EXISTING,
WITH THE ACCOUNTS OF ANCIENT AUTHORS.

BY SIR J. GARDNER WILKINSON, F.R.S.

F.R.G.S. M. R. S. L. M. I. B. A. &c.

LONDON:

Printed by A. SPOTTISWOODE,

New-Street-Square.

GODS of the Second and Third Orders. Probable Names

of the Twelve Gods of the Second Order

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THOTH, Mercury. His Duties in Amenti and on Earth 2

Plato's Account of Thoth and King Thamus. (This

Name recalls Thmei and Pithom)

Opinion of the King of Letters. Thoth not Hermes

Trismegistus. Argeiphontes. Month Thoth. Temple

of Hermopolis Magna

Cynocephalus, his Emblem.

3

Thoth the Moon or Ioh.

The Moon a God, not a Goddess

5

Form of Thoth. Isis not the Moon. Sun and Moon

sailing round the World in Boats

6

Titles of Thoth. The Eight Regions. Oshmoonein. The

Ibis

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A Sow sacrificed at the Full Moon.

Animal

Souls of Wicked passed into Swine.

of Intellectual Gifts from the Gods to Men

The Septenary Agents. Inventor of Letters. Taught Men

A 2

A Typhonian

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Thoth the Medium

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