Book Ii. Xxxv. What
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"Hieroglyphics of Horapollo", tr. Alexander Turner Cory, [1840],
p. 109
Xxxv. What By A Scorpion And Crocodile.
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When they would symbolise "one enemy engaging with another equal to himself", they depict a Scorpion And A Crocodile. For these kill one another. But if they would symbolise "one who is hostile to, and has slain another", they depict a Crocodile or a Scorpion; and if he has slain him "speedily", they depict a Crocodile, but if "slowly", a Scorpion, from its tardy motion.
Footnotes
109:1
Xxxv. \"This seems to hare some astronomical allusion. The Crocodile was one of the Vahans of the Sun, and the year began with Scorpio. It is not an uncommon hieroglyphic".
"Hieroglyphics of Horapollo", tr. Alexander Turner Cory, [1840],
p. 109
Xxxv. What By A Scorpion And Crocodile.
1
When they would symbolise "one enemy engaging with another equal to himself", they depict a Scorpion And A Crocodile. For these kill one another. But if they would symbolise "one who is hostile to, and has slain another", they depict a Crocodile or a Scorpion; and if he has slain him "speedily", they depict a Crocodile, but if "slowly", a Scorpion, from its tardy motion.
Footnotes
109:1
Xxxv. \"This seems to hare some astronomical allusion. The Crocodile was one of the Vahans of the Sun, and the year began with Scorpio. It is not an uncommon hieroglyphic".
