worshipped by the Barotse, 194 sq.
——, divinity of Semitic, i. 15 sqq.;
divinity of Lydian, 182 sqq.
—— of Egypt worshipped as gods, i. 52;
buried at Abydos, ii. [19];
perhaps formerly slain in the character of Osiris, [97] sq., [102];
as Osiris, [151] sqq.;
renew their life by identifying themselves with the dead and risen Osiris, [153] sq.;
born again at the Sed festival, [153], [156] sq.;
perhaps formerly put to death to prevent their bodily and mental decay, [154] sq., [156]