[132] Ewald notices the fact. (See “_op. cit._, vol. i., 454.”) [133] “Egypt,” vol. iii., p. 433. [134] _Op. cit._, vol. iv., p. 434. [135] “Le Livre des Morts,” par Paul Pierret, p. 259. [136] Bunsen’s “Egypt,” vol. iv., p. 208. [137] Ditto, vol. iii., p. 427. [138] _Op. cit._, p. 319. [139] _Op. cit._, vol. vi., p. 328. [140] As to the use of this symbol generally, see Pleyte, _op. cit._, pp. 109, 157. [141] On these points, see M. Raoul-Rochette’s Memoir on the Assyrian and Phœnician Hercules, in his “Mémoires de l’Institut National de France. Académie des Inscriptions,” tom. xvii., p. 47, _et seq._ [142] _Op. cit._, vol. i., p. 60; vol. ii., p. 201. [143] Pleyte, _op. cit._, p. 172. [144] Bunsen’s “Egypt,” vol. iv., p. 249. [145] Ditto, p. 217. [146] See ditto, pp. 226-9. [147] The ram appears to have been the first month of the Akkadian calendar. “Law of Kosmic Order,” by Mr. Rob. Brown, jun., 1882, p. 36. [148] Rawlinson’s “History of Herodotus,” vol. i., p. 620. [149] Rawlinson’s “History of Herodotus,” vol. ii., p. 291. [150] _Op. cit._, p. 89, _et seq._ [151] Wilkinson, _op. cit._, vol. iv., pp. 342, 260. [152] Bunsen’s “Egypt,” vol. i., p. 423. [153] _Op. cit._, vol. i., p. 388. [154] In the temple of Hercules at Tyre were two symbolical _steles_, one a pillar and the other an obelisk. See Raoul-Rochette, _op. cit._, p. 51, where is a reference to a curious tradition, preserved by Josephus, connecting Moses with the erection of columns at Heliopolis. [155] Wilkinson, _op. cit._, vol. iv., p. 299. [156] Rawlinson’s “Herodotus,” vol. i., p. 608. [157] Ditto, p. 620. [158] _Mau_, the name of the Egyptian God of Truth, certainly signifies “light,” but probably only in a figurative sense. [159] The importance ascribed to the mechanical arts may perhaps lead us to look for the formal origin of this character in the “wedge,” which was the chief mechanical power the ancients possessed. [160] Faber, _op. cit._, vol, ii., p. 20. [161] Bryant, in his “Ancient Mythology,” has brought together a great mass of materials bearing on this question. The facts, however, are capable of quite a different interpretation from that which he has given to them. [162] “Origin and Destiny of Man,” p. 339. [163] Dr. Inman points out that, in the ancient languages, the term for “garden” is used as a metaphor for woman. “Ancient Faiths,” i. 52; ii. 553. [164] Guigniaut’s “Religions de l’Antiquité,” vol. i., p. 146. [165] _Op. cit._, i. 315. [166] “Egypt,” vol. iv., p. 257. [167] “Egypt,” vol. iv., p. 209. [168] Mr. Gerald Massey appears to regard the crime of Lamekh as the practice of abortion, men not desiring to have children. _Op. cit._, ii. 119. [169] Gen., iv. 23, 24. [170] Bunsen’s “Egypt,” vol. iv., pp. 285-6. [171] Bunsen’s “Egypt,” vol. iii., p. 413. [172] Bunsen’s “Egypt,” vol. iii., p. 437. [173] Ditto, vol. iv., p. 286.