Sacred Texts  Egypt  Index  Previous  Next 

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


XCII. HOW THE PRESAGE OF A PLENTIFUL VINTAGE.

When they would symbolise the presage of a plentiful vintage, they depict the HOU-POO; for if this bird sings [moans?) before the season of the vines, it is a sign of a good vintage.


Next: XCIII. How a Man Having Received Injury from the Grape