Hieroglyphics of Horapollo: Book II.: XCIV. How a Man that Guards Himself from the Plots of His Enemies

Hieroglyphics of Horapollo, tr. Alexander Turner Cory, [1840], at sacred-texts.com

XCIV. HOW A MAN THAT GUARDS HIMSELF FROM THE PLOTS OF HIS ENEMIES.

When they would symbolise a man that guards himself from the plots of his enemies, they depict A CRANE ON THE WATCH; for these birds guard themselves by watching in turns during the whole night.

Footnotes

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Thoth, who was always considered as a guardian of the land.

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