K
Kherpri: Scarab or dung beetle representing young sun
Kheraha: relgious center south of modern Cairo.
The Two Kites: Nephthys and Isis lamenting Osiris.
L
Lake of the Two Knives: Sacred water at Hermopoles where the sun god came into being
Letopolis: Religious center at Apex of Delta, sacred to Horus
Limp One: Dead Osiris
M
Mansion of the Prince: Palace at Heliopolois where divine justice is dispensed.
Manu: Western mountain where the sun sets.
Master Craftsman: title of the High Priest of Ptah at Memphis.
Memphis: City opposite modern Cairo, first capital of Dynastic Egypt, and cult center of Ptah
Mendes: Relgious center in central Delta
Mounds: Fourteen mounds or regions of the Elysian fields.
N
N: Name of the deceased person whosoever it might be.
Naref: Necropolis near Heraclopolis associated with Osiris myth
Nedit: Place near Abydos where Osiris was murdered.
Nedjefet: Place in the region of Asyut.
Nekhen: Ancient caspital of Upper Egypt, cult center of Horus.
Night-bark: Sun god's boat through the underworld.
Nome: One of the 42 adminstrative and relgious regions into which Egypt was divided (22 in Upper and 20 in Lower Egypt)
Nubia: Land just south of Egypt between first and second cataracts.
O
Pe: With Dep- see Dep.
Per-Neser: National Shrine of Lower Egypt
Per-Wer: National shrine of Upper Egypt
Pillar-of-His-Mother: Her sole support; god of the Thinite nome; grade of funerary priest.
Punt: (also known as God's Land) source of aromatic resins for funery rites, likely in the area of modern Ethiopia and Eitriea
R
Red Crown: Distinctive royal crown of the kingdom of Lower Egypt.
Red Land: See Black Land
Rivals: Horus and Seth as they contend for control of Egypt after Osiris Rod: 100 cubits (about 172 feet or 4.37 meters. Rosetjau: Necropolis of Giza (another name of Memphis) extended to mean the other world in general.
S
Sacred Eye: Eye of Horus, torn out by Seth, restored by Thoth, symbolizes good, and eye of sun god the sun's destructive power.
Sais: Ancient city in north central Delta, cult center of Neith
Sem-Priest: Funery priest, supervisor of burial rites
Sepa: Town in the Heliopolis area sacred to Anubis.
Shabti: Magical figurine, servant of the deceased which will do all the hard work on behalf of its master required of him in the other life.
Shetyt-shrine: Sanctuary of Sokar at Memphis.
Stones of Rekhty: Place in the extreme north of Egypt
Silent Land: Land of the Dead
Sistrum Player: MUscian priest of Hathor (Sistrum is an Egyptian rattle); son of Hathor
Supports of Shu: Columns of Air supporting Sky at 4 cardinal points.
T
Thinis, Thnite Nome: Religious center Osiris worshipers and district of which was the capital
Tjebu: Ancient town in 10th Upper Egyptain Nome
Tjenenent:-Shrine: Holiest of the shrines in Memphis.
Two Fledglings: HOrus Protector of His Father and Horus the Eyeless.
U
Unwearying Stars: stars which rise and set continuously, all year long
Uraeus: Upreared cobra on the royal crown, and is a symbol of the pharoahs.
Wenes: Ancient town in nineteenth Upper Egyptian nome on the west bank in Middle Egypt
Wennefer: Name of Osiris
West: Where the sun sets; the land of the dead
Westerners: The dead.
White Crown: Crown of Upper Egypt.
X
Xois: Relgious center in the central Delta.
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