Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-05-29

thousands Of years agO-yes, even
to the human figure against the
various parts Of whose body
and linus are disposed the
twelve not pictures but truly
Egyptian hieroglyphics. Be
ginning at the eastern side OF the
temple, we have a large male figure
bending around three sides Of the
ceiling panel; In front Of him aretwU
rows Of figures; the row nearest ~
him contains a hieroglyphical or
zOdiacal representation Of the con-
stellations OF the BOreal or northern
heavenly hemisphere. Beginning
at his chin,we see Aquarius, a man
| pouring out water. Next Pisces, a
pair Of nice fishes. The third figure
instead Of being the orthodox Aries
is a beautiful antelope or gGzelle in
a natural pose. Taurus in this 10
diac is roaring bull, paving the
earth, bending ms head down and
tossing the moon along on her
monthly rounds. Next. instead OF
gemini, naked twins, we sec the
god Ra and his companion and
scribe 10th, with a pen or feather on
his head; they walk hand in baud
like twins Cancer, or the crab, |
I cannot SEE on this zodiac, but / did
not copy amiss. There is instead Of
the crab a bOal, with persons in il
doing something | cannot make out
as the ceiling here is full Of SCOT.
Capricornus, ScOrpiO, LibIa and
Leo are made precisely as we re.
present them now days. Sagittn-
rius, which ] skipped, Is, instead Of
common bowman or archer, re-
presented by n beautiful winged CEN
tauT. From Egypt the Greeks got
the idea Of their wirgless Centaur,
| suppose, and when | say l suppose,
| ought TO say contend, Tor there are
shallow anu superficial books ON
mythology which state that the
ceni2ur il 2 conception OF Greek
my theology. This / think is entirely
wrong; for, lst, When rs yet the
Greeks did not exist. the Egyptians
and Chinese had made much pro-
gress in astronomy, aud he'd record |
Ell many cycles, eclipses aud periOd- I
iCal comets. end, When the Greeks (
were mere barblrians, living on
roasted ac0rus and wild olives, hav- Z
ing ms yet arranged no mythology, |
neither understanding agriculture I
even 10 the extent OF planting wheat. I
etc., the Egyptians were a POLISHED I
nation, having legions OF soldiers i
armed with bow and arrow, aud I
that, too, when the BabylOniaus,
AssyTians, and Persians used short
spears, swords and javelins. 3ri,
At this same time the Egyptians
had already many colossal sphynxes
and androsphinges, and any
one who has seen Egyptian
viii have noticed that
nothing is more natural 20 the
Egyptian genius than the COM
Of figures Of animals aud
human beings, such as the centaur,
n horse with wings-beinga heaven
~ horse, having the tOrse OF man,
that IS, the upper half Of a mans
body. | should not be surprised,
after all, il some savant archaJlo-
gist should declare that this is the
Egyptian god Mars. /.
The eleventh figure Of this zodiac
corresponds to the Virgin (Nirg0).
Dut instead Of a virgin We find a
lydra or monster serpent cOiled over
mi over. Here there seems to be a
vide discrepancy. Bear in mind,
inst Of all. that the abbreviated
Iigu Of the scorpion is an
talic ~, having a spear-headed
all; that is the cursive or ,
iierItic { Egyptian) rendering +,
Il the picture Of Il scorpion. In like ,
manner the hydra was rendered
lieratically by a igure not unlike !
combined iIalic HlU lDEl. Next :
he Egyptians rs n nation dwin- :
led completely, and the Catholic !
monks had the monopoly OF the !
caR;y astronomy which survived. :
nd this ''HIU" probably suggested :
D them Maria Nirgine, and thus :
he virgo crept into the zodiac. =
We viii now leave auliguitiCs aud :
II they suggest TO the mind and :.
ross the Nile, back 20 keneh. aud :
fitness the noise and confusion Of (
modern Egyptian, or,fOr that mat
.r, Of
A TYPICAL Oriental FEIF, !
amely that OF Hassan and Hassain. r
he brutal manner in which a GER II
lin Mahommedan sect does penance a
T the death Of these two martyrs. ii
le way in which a whole process :.
on intiicts wounds upon themselves !,
ntil, through loss Of blood, they "A
int away, and other sights OF q i
mil9r nature, were some time ago n
Try wildly described by Elder j. II
love, VINO witnessed the proceed q
gs at COnstautinUple. h
This town at present has. perhats, in
N times its normal population. a
he strangers or visitors camp on n,
e roofs, in the streets, and in the m
elds half a mile all around town: a,
me in tents and some in the burn m
9 sunshine. To get 10 the nj
lr grounds we pass through 81
throng OF native Egyp- an
ms (fellahiB) from distant m
raj districts, Nubians, Ethiopians M
ID Aby-siRians from the upper h,
lie country, Arabians from Yemen. a.
.dda and Mecca, pilgrims from In
orOcco, Algigrs, Tripoli, Tunis, bu
Irkey and the Oasis. who nave bT
-her fastened or delayed their trim h.
Mecta so a. TO witness this feast. III
iey all differ in dress and dialect. Nj
1 cherish one another as brethren *
: the sake OF "the best prophet, III
night describe thousand things, ca
{ will cOnfine myself to few. OF
trough cloud OF dust, painful TO no
e and lung, and through thTons wi
swarthy mortals, pranciDg horses. iii
lying asses ami looping camels. we nj
)ceed TO the ''grand square," af,
llch, however, Is not a square. wi
{ q graveyard full Of tall, share ca
msuSOleums, sepulchres aud ter
nbs. The pedestrians must IN,
er he on the lookout for sw
: and limb, for the Effen- -,
J, Quadis, Beys or Pashas on horse fJl
camel have the right Of way, and ar
amenable 10 no one in cas-. Of res
,ident. Through this long ia,
Eued, turbaned crowd, and in the tuI
DIST Of thousands OF yelled women, roa
slowly Wend our way through a tril
! and clatter hard to describe. We ~,
surrounded by bowling and wi
leing dervishes, nOdding der car
hes, dervishes who repeat the 4
.ny.of Waw, clapping their breasts wa
cheeks at each alternate word, rs
III they are red and swollen. Here a
gang OF dervishes who in the rig
ne Of Mahsmmed, and with tam lie
uine and cymbals work up the zeal por
self-mutilating dervishes, who bes
en- sufficiently wrought up slowly eds
ert blades Of cold steel, iron splits for
long needles through the muscles not
the abdomen, chest, arms, and 10
ough the forehead, the cheeks des
the ears, ami all for 4 few paltry tha
per coins. chr
cooking at all this we become as
", and we march on, trying TO 500
srve other things. We notice the self
Idings which have been impro- the
II for the occasion in this Grave III d