146. See Windischmann, "Ueber den Soma-Cultus der Arien."
147. Perhaps one of the most widely diffused appellations is that of the divine being. We can trace this very word divine back to the ancient root Div, meaning to shine. From this is derived the Sanskrit Devas, the Zend Daêva. the Latin Deus, the German Zio, the Greek Zeus, and also Jupiter (from Djaus-piter). See Spiegel, Zend Avesta, Einleitung, Cap. I.
148. Spiegel, Vend. Farg. XIX. note.
149. Vendidad, Farg. XVIII. 110. Farvardin-Yasht, XVI.
150. Article in Revue des Deux Mondes, April, 1865.
151. Article in Revue des Deux Mondes, April, 1865.
152. Other Egyptologists would not agree to this antiquity.
153. Revue des Deux Mondes, September 1, 1887.
154. Revue des Deux Mondes, p. 195.
155. Yet this very organic religion, "incorporate in blood and frame," was a preparation for Christianity; and Dr. Brugsch (Aus dem Orient, p. 73) remarks, that "exactly in Egypt did Christianity find most martyrs; and it is no accident, but a part of the Divine plan, that in the very region where the rock-cut temples and tombs are covered with memorials of the ancient gods and kings, there, by their side, other numerous rock-cut inscriptions tell of a yet more profound faith and devotion born of Christianity."