ion to Buto the goddess of the north, that
she is most often named on the monuments.

NEITH, the very ancient and important goddess of Sais, the Greek
Athene. On the earliest monuments she is represented by a shield
transfixed by arrows. Later she wears the crown of Lower Egypt, and
carries in her hands a bow and arrows, a sign of her warlike
character. In the XXVIth Dynasty, when a line of Pharaohs sprang from
Sais, she regained a prominent position, and was given many cosmogonic
attributes, including the title of mother of Re.

NEPHTHYS, the sister of Osiris and wife of Seth, daughter of Keb and
Nut, plays a considerable role in the Osiris story. She sided with
Isis and aided her to bring Osiris back to life. Isis and Nephthys are
often mentioned together as protectresses of the dead.

ONOURIS, Egyptian _En-huri_, "sky-bearer," the god of Thinis. Later
identified with Shu (Show), who holds heaven and earth apart.

PTAH, the Hephaestus of the Greeks, a demiurgic and creative god,
special patron of hand-workers and artisans. Worshipped in Memphis, he
perhaps owed his importance more to the political prominence of that
town than to anything else. He was early identified with an ancient
but obscure god Tenen, and further with the sepulchral deity Sokaris.
He is represented either as a closely enshrouded figure whose
protruding hands grasp a composite sceptre, the whole standing on a
pedestal within a shrine; or else as a misshapen dwarf.

SAKHMI, a lion-headed goddess of war and strife, whose name signifies
the mighty. She was worshipped at Latopolis (Esna), but also at a late
date as a member of the Memphite triad, with Ptah as husband and
Nefertem (Iphthimis) as son: often, too, confounded with Ubasti.

SETH (Egyptian Set, Sth or Sts), by the Greeks called Typhon, was
depicted as an animal [HRG] that has been compared with the jerboa by
some, and with the okapi by others, but which the Egyptians themselves
occasionally conceived to be nothing but a badly drawn ass. In
historic times his cult was celebrated at Tanis and Ombos. He regained
a certain prestige as god of the Hyksos rulers, and two Pharaohs of
the XIXth Dynasty derived their name Sethos (Seti) from him. But,
generally speaking, he was abominated as a power of evil, and his
figure was often obliterated on the monuments. He is named in similes
as a great warrior, and as such and "son o