line between gods and humans is not absolute. Also, some gods are more ‘divine’ than others; thus →Isis is said to surpass the other gods when it comes to divinity (HORNUNG 1971:53). Many of the characteristics of gods are not exclusively theirs: gods are said to be ‘great’, ‘powerful’, ‘strong’, ‘beautiful’ (nfr), ‘compassionate’, ‘exalted’, and ‘righteous’. A survey of this short list shows that the qualities of gods are basically those of humans; the former possess them merely in purer form than
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