Thursday, 14 August 2008

Atfih

More of an Egyptian symbol than an actual deity, he supported the serpent,
Mehen, that protectively surrounded the palace in which Ra, the sun-god, resided.
Here, Atlantis is suggested in the serpent, symbolizing the Great Water Circle
(the ocean) and in Ra’s palace, center of a solar cult, while Atfih, whose name
means “bearer,” was Atlas, who bore the great circle of the heavens.

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