XXXVI. How They Denote the Heart
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Hieroglyphics of Horapollo, tr. Alexander Turner Cory, [1840], at sacred-texts.com
XXXVI. HOW THEY DENOTE THE HEART.
When they would denote the heart they delineate the Isis; for this animal is consecrated to Hermes [Thoth],
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the lord of every heart and of reasoning. The Ibis also is itself in its own shape like the heart, respecting which great discussions are maintained by the Egyptians.
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Ibis, the emblem of Thoth or Hermes.Ask PRATIBHA about this text
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