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|description=The female Typhon, the hippopotamus, called also ''Ta‐ur, Ta‐op‐oer'', etc. ; she is the ''Thoueris'' of the Greeks. This wife of Typhon was represented as a monstrous hippopotamus, sitting on her hind legs with a knife in one hand and the sacred knot in the other the ''pâsa '' of Siva). Her back was covered with the scales of a crocodile, and she had a crocodile’s tail. She is also called ''Teb'', whence the name of Typhon is also, sometimes, ''Tebh''. On a monument of the sixth dynasty she is called “the nurse of the gods”. She was feared in Egypt even more than Typhon. (See | |description=The female Typhon, the hippopotamus, called also ''Ta‐ur, Ta‐op‐oer'', etc. ; she is the ''Thoueris'' of the Greeks. This wife of Typhon was represented as a monstrous hippopotamus, sitting on her hind legs with a knife in one hand and the sacred knot in the other the ''pâsa '' of Siva). Her back was covered with the scales of a crocodile, and she had a crocodile’s tail. She is also called ''Teb'', whence the name of Typhon is also, sometimes, ''Tebh''. On a monument of the sixth dynasty she is called “the nurse of the gods”. She was feared in Egypt even more than Typhon. (See [[Typhon]].) {{ctd-source|TG}}. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:49, 7 October 2026
Taöer
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The female Typhon, the hippopotamus, called also Ta‐ur, Ta‐op‐oer, etc. ; she is the Thoueris of the Greeks. This wife of Typhon was represented as a monstrous hippopotamus, sitting on her hind legs with a knife in one hand and the sacred knot in the other the pâsa of Siva). Her back was covered with the scales of a crocodile, and she had a crocodile’s tail. She is also called Teb, whence the name of Typhon is also, sometimes, Tebh. On a monument of the sixth dynasty she is called “the nurse of the gods”. She was feared in Egypt even more than Typhon. (See Typhon.) (TG).
See also: Typhon
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- Quotes: H. P. Blavatsky
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