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Excerpt from The Faiths of the World, Vol. 2: An Account of All Religions and Religious Sects, Their Doctrines, Rites, Ceremonies, and Customs; Compiled From the Latest and Best Authorities; H-Z
Harpocrates, the god of silence among the ancient Egyptians, said by some to have been the son of Isis; by others, of Isis and Osiris. His sta tues were usually placed in the temples near to the images of Osiris and Isis, to intimate, as Varro sup poses, that the people ought to observe silence, and not divulge that these divinities had ever been mor tals. Harpocrates was exhibited under the form of a young man with one finger on his mouth, indicating silence. Egyptians cut. His figure upon precious stones, which they carried about with them as amu lets. Sometimes he was represented as mounted upon an ostrich, with the sun and moon upon the reverse; at other times he is represented with a lion's head and birds round it.
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