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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Mrs. Doubtfire: [qb] Lions were not important to the Egyptians because they existed or were hunted any more than wild bulls existed.[/qb][/QUOTE]and then.. [QUOTE]These animals were symbolically [b]important[/b] because they formed the basic elements of the Egyptian religious system set out according to the Zodiac (what was happening in the universe) and the time period involved. The Age of the lion gave way to the ram and the ram gave way to the age of the Bull, and the age of the Bull gave way to the age of the Fish at the time of Christ at the dawning of the age of Pices. Just as the fish was an important symbol of the Zodiac to the Christians, so was the Bull to Osiris and the ram to Amun and so forth. They represented the various ages of religious development. For the Egyptians the actual existance of these animals was only of religious, solar, magical and metaphysical importance. :D [/QUOTE]A contradiction. As far as the zodiac thing, where did you get this? Lions and fish were animal totems which symbolized things from nomes to gods. That was the signifance of animals to Egypt. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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