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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt:...of his head was still the colour of ebony; his bones were of silver, and his flesh of gold. He suddenly learns that men have uttered blasphemous words against him. Then he addresses his court and says: "Summon to my presence Shu, Tafnout, Keb, Nout, and the fathers and the mothers who were with me when I was still in Nou, and 1 charge Nou to bring his companions with him. Bring them softly that men may not notice it, and their heart be not terrified. You will go with them into the great temple when they shall have given THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND 211 their consent...." When the gods had arrived at the place, they bowed down in presence of his majesty, and they said in his presence: "Speak unto us thy words that we may hear them." We see here that the gods live and move about on the earth like human beings, who, at times, can see them and manifest their fear. The assembly of the gods, or rather the family council, is held in the great temple of Heliopolis. What is going to be the result of their deliberations? Said by Ra to Nou: "O Thou, the eldest of the gods, of whom I am born; and ye ancestral gods, lo! mankind, who were born from mine eye, utter words against me. Tell me what ye would do in this matter? Behold I have waited, and I have not slain them, before I had heard what ye had to say." Said by the majesty of Nou: "O my son Ra, thou who art greater than he that made him, and than those who formed him, thy throne is stablished sure, and great is the fear thou dost inspire; let thine eye alone, be turned upon those who conspire against Thee." Said by the majesty of Ra: "Behold they flee to the mountains, and their hearts are dismayed by reason of what they have said." Then spake they (the gods) with one...