The Dramas And Dramatic Dances of Non European Races in Special Reference to the
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The crowd of pilgrims from East and West rejoiced with a great joy to see their god-king once more alive in their midst. How long the performance lasted is not certain, but it seems not unlikely from I-kher-nefert's description that it extended through several weeks. 1 On the occasion of a visit from Nefer-hetep, a king of the XIHth dynasty, the priests met him with a statue of the god, and they performed the miracle plays on the way to the temple. The play was also acted at Busiris with elabor...ate ceremonies, and, as we have seen above, with the accompaniment of human sacrifices. Similar mysteries were performed at Heliopolis (Anu), Letopolis (Sekhem), Buto (Petep), Taui-rekhti, An-rut-f, and Re-stau. Let us sum up the facts that emerge from our inquiry. (1) The evidence points to the conclusion that Osiris and Isis were as real personages as Ali, Fatima, Hussein, and Hassan ; (2) that he was a chieftain of some part of Egypt ; (3) that as in the chieftain family of the Koreish tribe there was a dynastic quarrel, so, too, was it in this ancient Egyptian royal house, and that as Hussein perished by the machinations of Yezed the Polluted, so Osiris was slain by the craft of Set ; (4) that his widow and son eventually took vengeance on his murderer and secured the throne of Egypt ; (5) that the virtues and 'sufferings of Osiris and Isis sank so deeply into the hearts 1 Budge, op.
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