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Typhon (Ty´phon). A monster with a hundred heads who made war against the gods, but was crushed by [[Jove (mythology)]]’s […]

Serapis (Sera´pis). The Egyptian Jupiter, and generally considered to be the same as [[Osiris (mythology)]]. See [[Apis (mythology)]].

Osiris (Osi´ris). The Egyptian god of the sun, the source of warmth, life, and fruitfulness; he was worshiped under the […]

Jupiter (Ju´piter), son of [[Saturn (mythology)]] and [[Cybele (mythology)]] (or [[Ops (mythology)]]), was born on Mount Ida, in Crete, and […]

Isis (I´sis), wife of [[Osiris (mythology)]], and a much worshiped divinity of the Egyptians. See [[Io (mythology)]].

Io (I´o) was a daughter of [[Inachus (mythology)]], and a priestess of [[Juno (mythology)]] at Argos. [[Jupiter (mythology)]] courted her, […]

Horus (Ho´rus). The name of two deities, one Sol, the Egyptian day god; the other, the son of [[Osiris (mythology)]] […]

Harpocrates (Harpoc´rates), or [[Horus (mythology)]], an Egyptian god, son of [[Osiris (mythology)]] and [[Isis (mythology)]]. He was the god of […]