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QUEEN MÓO AND THE EGPYTIAN SPHINX.
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find the origin of this myth, since it was the totem of Queen Móo, whose name means macaw; and she is generally pictured, in the sculptures and inscriptions, by the figure of that beautiful bird, whose plumage is composed of brilliant feathers of various colors.
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GODDESS ISIS AS A BIRD.[1]
- ↑ Gardner Wilkinson, Manners and Customs, vol. iii., chap, xiii., p. 115.
