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ANUBIS, OR SET.

ANUBIS-OSIRIS.

The names given by the Egyptians to the sun then may be summarised as follows:—

Hor, or Horus, or Harpocrates, and Chepera (morning sun).

Rā (noon).

Tum or Atmu (evening sun).

Osiris (sun when set).

I have not space to quote the many hymns to the Sun-gods which have been recovered from the inscriptions, but the following extracts will show that the worship was in the main at sunrise or sunset—in other words, that the horizon was in question:—

"Thou disk of the Sun, thou living God! There is none other beside thee. Thou givest health to the eyes through thy beams, Creator of all beings. Thou goest up on the eastern horizon of the heaven to dispense life to all which thou hast created—to man, four-footed beasts, birds, and all manner of creeping things on the earth where they live. Thus they behold thee, and they go to sleep when thou settest."

OSIRIS (AS A MUMMY).

Hymn to Tmu—

"Come to me, O thou Sun,

Horus of the horizon, give me help."

Hymn to Horus—

"O Horus of the horizon, there is none other beside thee,