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CHAPTER V.
Twelfth Dynasty—'Instructions' of Amenemhat I.—Story of Saneha.
There was a certain unity in Egyptian
worships, but in various localities the chief
deities bore different names, and were regarded
under varying aspects. The worship of some
of these chief deities, however, became general,
if not universal, at a very early period; e.g.
that of Osiris, Isis, and Horus, the triad of
Abydos; that of Ra and Turn,[1] chief gods of
On, and that of Ptah, the centre of which
was Memphis. The Thebaid—i.e. the district
surrounding Thebes—had its own local divinities
also. Khem, 'Lord of the mountain,'
was adored at Koptos; Amen (worshipped in
connection with Mut, the 'Divine Mother,' and
- ↑ Tum, symbolised in the setting, Ra, in the risen sun, appear to signify respectively the hidden and the manifested deity—closely corresponding with Osiris—Horus; for there is a unity underlying the apparently endless varieties of Egyptian worships.
