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


LX. HOW THEY DENOTE CHILDREN PLOTTING AGAINST THEIR MOTHERS.

When they would denote children plotting against their mothers, they delineate a VIPER; for the viper is not

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brought forth in the [usual manner?], but disengages itself by gnawing through the belly of its mother.


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