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EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

that primitive stage and the more advanced type, the cosmic conception of the gods, in a very confusing way, such as we scarcely find in any other national religion. In other words,

Fic. 2. Some Gods of Prehistoric Egypt whose Worship Later was Lost (a),(b) A bearded deity much used as an amulet; (c),(d) a double bull (Khônsu?);(e) an unknown bull-god; (f)a dwarf divinity(?) similar to Sokari, but found far in the south.

the peculiar value of the ancient Egyptian religion is that it forms the clearest case of transition from the views of the most primitive tribes of mankind to those of the next higher religious development, as represented especially in the religion of Babylonia.