Serapis

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Serapis
(Eg.)
A great solar god who replaced Osiris in the popular worship, and in whose honour the seven vowels were sung. He was often made to appear in his representations as a serpent, a “Dragon of Wisdom ”. The greatest god of Egypt during the first centuries of Christianity. (TG).


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Shortly: A great solar god who replaced Osiris in the popular worship, and in whose honour the seven vowels w...