ISBN: 1155054628

[EAN: 9781155054629], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], RECORDS OF THE PAST SOCIETY,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 152 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This hi… Plus…

[EAN: 9781155054629], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], RECORDS OF THE PAST SOCIETY,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 152 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: . . . Canis, and by the Turks at this day Nahr Kelb. It derives its name from an idol in the form of a dog or wolf which was worshipped and is said to have pronounced oracles at this place. The image is pretended to be shown to strangers, lying in the sea with its heels upward. I mean the body of it for its oracular head is reported to have been broken off and carried to Venice, where, if fame be true, it may be seen at this day. Naturally in my recent visit to Nahr-el-Kelb (April 3 to 5, 1903) I took special pains to have the dog pointed out to me and like H. Rider Haggard, I can say: lying prone in the shallow water I myself saw his gigantic headless shape, large as that of an ox or a horse. Nevertheless it is not the sight of that seaweed-covered (perhaps after all) natural rock (that to give color to a local tradition is very conveniently pointed out as the dog), which convinces me that the story has a substantial basis, but a consideration of the name Lycus, the name by which the river was known to the Greeks. Who or what was this Lykos I learn that the modern name of Assiout (Egypt) is a modification of the ancient name of the city Siant Lycopolis. The god of the city was Anupu, Anubis or Apuat, the opener of the way represented by a jackal or by a human form with a jackals head. He was one of the chief gods of Amenti, the land of departed souls, the god of the embalmers and the guardian of tombs; he is sometimes called the chief of the mountains The Land of the Monuments, Pollard, p. 191, Lycopolis is of Greek derivation meaning the city of the wolf. The animal worshipped here was, however, not the wolf but the jackal, the representative of Anupu or Anubis. Now, it will very naturally occur. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

ISBN: 1155054628

[EAN: 9781155054629], Neubuch, RECORDS OF THE PAST SOCIETY,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can… Plus…

[EAN: 9781155054629], Neubuch, RECORDS OF THE PAST SOCIETY,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: . . . Canis, and by the Turks at this day Nahr Kelb. It derives its name from an idol in the form of a dog or wolf which was worshipped and is said to have pronounced oracles at this place. The image is pretended to be shown to strangers, lying in the sea with its heels upward. I mean the body of it for its oracular head is reported to have been broken off and carried to Venice, where, if fame be true, it may be seen at this day. Naturally in my recent visit to Nahr-el-Kelb (April 3 to 5, 1903) I took special pains to have the dog pointed out to me and like H. Rider Haggard, I can say: lying prone in the shallow water I myself saw his gigantic headless shape, large as that of an ox or a horse. Nevertheless it is not the sight of that seaweed-covered (perhaps after all) natural rock (that to give color to a local tradition is very conveniently pointed out as the dog), which convinces me that the story has a substantial basis, but a consideration of the name Lycus, the name by which the river was known to the Greeks. Who or what was this Lykos I learn that the modern name of Assiout (Egypt) is a modification of the ancient name of the city Siant Lycopolis. The god of the city was Anupu, Anubis or Apuat, the opener of the way represented by a jackal or by a human form with a jackals head. He was one of the chief gods of Amenti, the land of departed souls, the god of the embalmers and the guardian of tombs; he is sometimes called the chief of the mountains The Land of the Monuments, Pollard, p. 191, Lycopolis is of Greek derivation meaning the city of the wolf. The animal worshipped here was, however, not the wolf but the jackal, the representative of Anupu or Anubis. Now, it will very naturally occur. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<