Legends Of The Gods - The History Of Isis And Osiris XXXVIII
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Egypte - Legends Of The Gods - The History Of Isis And Osiris XXXVIII [Sec. XXXVIII. The Sun is consecrated to Osiris, and the lion is worshipped, and temples are ornamented with figures of this animal, because the Nile rises when the sun is in the constellation of the Lion. Horus, the offspring of Osiris, the Nile, and Isis, the Earth, was born in the marshes of Buto, because the vapour of damp land destroys drought. Nephthys, or Teleute, represents the extreme limits of the country and the sea-shore, that is, barren land. Osiris (i.e., the Nile) overflowed this barren land, and Anubis[FN#339] was the result.[FN#340]]
[FN#339] The Egyptian Anpu. The texts make one form of him to be the son of Set and Nephthys. [FN#340] Plutarch's explanations in this chapter are unsupported by the texts. Egypte - Legends Of The Gods - The History Of Isis And Osiris
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