A sistrum is a musical instrument of the percussion family, chiefly associated with ancient Egypt. It consists of a handle and a U-shaped metal frame, made of brass or bronze and between 10 and 30 cm in width. When shaken the small rings or loops of thin metal on its moveable crossbars produce a sound that can range from a soft tinkling to a loud jangling. Sistrum - The Egyptian sistrum. The sistrum was a sacred instrument in ancient Egypt. It was used in dances and religious ceremonie ...

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Sistrum (Latin) [from Greek seistron from seiein to shake]

The instrument used by the ancient Egyptians in the worship of Isis; a metallic oval hoop with a handle, and loose metal rods, running through holes in the sides of the metal and across the loop. This was held in the hand and shaken, its real purpose being, by means of its combination of metals, to produce magnetic currents and sounds. It is used to this day in Christian Abyssinia "to drive away devils"; likewise by the American Indians in their ceremonial dances.

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Sistrum (Ancient Greek). Egyptian ssesh or kemken. An instrument, usually made of bronze but sometimes of gold or silver, of an open circular form, with a handle, and four wires passed through holes, to the end of which jingling pieces of metal were attached; its top was ornamented with a figure of Isis, or of Hathor. It was a sacred instrument, used in temples for the purpose of producing, by means of its combination of metals, magnetic currents, and sounds. To this day it has survived in Christian Abyssinia, under the name of sanasel, and the good priests use it to "drive devils from the premises", an act quite comprehensible to the Occultist, even though it does provoke laughter in the sceptical Orientalist. The priestess usually held it in her right hand during the ceremony of purification of the air, or the "conjuration of the elements", as E. Lévi would call it, while the priests held the Sistrurn in their left hand, using the right to manipulate the "key of life" - the handled cross or Tau.

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In Egyptian mythology, Bast (also spelt Ubasti, and Pasht) is an ancient goddess, worshipped at least since the Second Dynasty. The centre of her cult was in Per-Bast (Bubastis in greek), which was named after her. Originally she was viewed as the protector goddess of Lower Egypt, and consequently depicted as a fierce lion. Indeed, her name means (female) devourer. As protectress, she was seen as defender of the pharaoh, and consequently of the chief god, Ra, who was a solar deity, gaining her the titles La ...

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Wilkinson's, Reading Egyptian Art, profiles about ( 1/10th ), one tenth of the Gardiner List. The following (in 2 - 6 Eqyptian art-objects/ per page), are profiled: Gardiner's Sign List - Sets A–D. Selections (only): Men, Women, Antrhopomorphic: A1(se), A22(khenty), A28(hai), A30(dua), A40(netcher)(See Block statue (Egyptian)), C10(maat)(Maàt) (plus H6(shut)), C11(Heh)( with/M4) (See Huh (god)). Major ( + Wiki): D1(tep)(See also Canopic jar), D10(wedjat)- ...

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In the Disney movie The Three Lives of Thomasina, the eponymous cat 'dies' during the movie and imagines herself going to cat heaven, presided over by a great statue of the cat goddess. In an episode of The West Wing, an unexpected filibuster is blamed, in part, on C.J. Cregg breaking an ancient statue of the goddess Bast. Bast appears as a minor, but influential, character in two of Neil Gaiman's works, The Sandman and American Gods. In Sandman, Bast appears as a friend and confidant of Dream, at on ...

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f– f or I9 g– g or W11 H– H or V28 h– h or O4 – No E, e, F, G. i– i or H6 k– k or K30 or K31 (reversed) – No I, K, L . M– M or Aa15 (also Aa13) m– m or G17 N– N or S3 n– n or N35 – No O, o; Extra M: Aa13. p– p or Q3 q– q or X7 r– r or D21 ( r =Renenet ( ren = "Name" ) – No ...

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Set 1 and 2: 4–D Parts of the human body. D1-D63. 5–E Mammals. E1-E34. Ox -Rabbit. 6–F Parts of Mammals. F1-F52. 7–G Birds. G1-G54. 8–H Parts of Birds. H1-H8. 9–I Amphibious animals, reptiles, etc. I1-I15. 10–K Fishes and parts of fishes. K1-K7. 11–L Invertebrata and lesser animals. L1-L7. 12–M Trees and plants. M1-M44. 13–N Sky, earth, water. N1-N43. 14–O Buil ...

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