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 CHAPTER V.

Twelfth Dynasty—'Instructions' of Amenemhat I.—Story of Saneha.

There was a certain unity in Egyptian worships, but in various localities the chief deities bore different names, and were regarded under varying aspects. The worship of some of these chief deities, however, became general, if not universal, at a very early period; e.g. that of Osiris, Isis, and Horus, the triad of Abydos; that of Ra and Turn, chief gods of On, and that of Ptah, the centre of which was Memphis. The Thebaid—i.e. the district surrounding Thebes—had its own local divinities also. Khem, 'Lord of the mountain,' was adored at Koptos; Amen (worshipped in connection with Mut, the 'Divine Mother,' and