Anubis (a-nū bis)

[Gr. " Άνουβις.] In Egyptian Apalachi (äp-ä-läche), or Apalache (che), mythology, the son of Osiris: often identified by the Greeks with Hermes. He is represented with a jackal's head, and was the ruler of graves and supervisor of the burial of the dead. Anukis (ä-nö'kis). In Egyptian mythology, a godde personifying the lower hemisphere: the same as Ankt . Anunaki (ä-nö-nä'ki). In A yro-Babylonian mythology, the spirits of the earth. With the Igigi, spirits of heaven, they constitute the "host of hea ven and earth," subordinate to the higher gods, especially to Anu, the supreme god of heaven. Anupshuhar (ä-nöp-shö här). A town in the Northwestern Provinces, British India, situated on the Ganges 70 miles southeast of Delhi. Anuradhpura (ä - nö-radh-pö'rä). A sacred eity of northern Ceylon, 60 miles west of Trin com a lee. Anville (on-vēl'), Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'. Born at Paris, July 11, 1697: died at Paris, Jan. 28, 1782. A French geographer and chartographer. He was the author of "Atlas général" (1737-80), "États formés en Europe" (1771), etc. Anwar-i-Suhail (än-wär'ē-sü-hil'). [Pers., 'Lights of Canopus.'] The Persian version of the so-called "Fables of Bidpai or Pilpay," made about 1494 A. D. by Husain Waiz al-Kashifi. It is a simplified recast of that by Nasr Allah of Ghazni Abdallah ibn al-Mogaffa, which in turn was made from the Pahlavi version by Barzoi of the Indian original, from which the Sanskrit Pan chat antra and Hitopadesha were derived. The star Canopus is taken as representing wisdom. Kalilah and Anything for a Quiet Life. A play by Thomas Middle ton, printed in 1662. Anzasca (än-tsäs'kä), Val d'. A picturesque Alpine valley in the province of Novara, Italy, east of Monte Rosa. Anzin (on-zań'). A town in the department of Nord, France, 3 miles west of Valenciennes, the center of a coal-mining region. Population (1891), commune, 11,538. Anzio, Porto d'. See Antium . Aogemadaeca. A Parsi tract inculcating resignation to death: so called from its initial Avesta word aogemaide, 'we come.' It has the appearance of an Avesta text with Pahlavi translation and commentary. Aomori Bay (ä-o-mō'ri bā'). A large bay at the northern extremity of the main island of Japan. Aonia (a-o'ni-a). [Gr. Aovía .] In ancient geography, a district in Bœotia, Greece. The name is often used as synonymous with Bœotia. Aornus (a-or'nus). [Gr. Ἄορνος .] In ancient geography, a rock stronghold, situated near the Indus (near the river Kabul?), taken by Alexander the Great from native defenders 327 в. с. Aosta (ä-os'tä). [F. Aoste .] A town in the province of Turin, Italy, situated on the Dora Baltea in lat. 45° 45' N., long. 7° 20′ E., at the terminus of the Great St. Bernard and Little St. Bernard routes: the Roman August a Prætoria. It was the ancient capital of the Sala i, IMG:content-0086.png:[ocr errors] or Apalacha (-chi). A tribe of North American Indians, known since 1526, formerly dwelling in and around St. Mark's River, Florida, and northward to the Appal a chi an range. In 1688 the towns of the tribe or division were mentioned in a petition to Charles II. of Spain. About 1702 they were broken up and scattered, and are now extinct or absorbed. Also Appalachee. See Muskhogean. Apamea (ap-a-me'ä). [Gr. Ἀπάμεια .] In ancient geography, a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor, in (about) lat. 38° 3′ N., long. 29° 55′ E.: the modern Dinair or Denair. Apamea. In ancient geography, a city in Syria, situated on the Orontes 50 miles southeast of Antioch: the medieval Famieh, and the modern Qal'at el Mudiq, originally called Pharnake, A pappus (a-pap'pus). See the extract. At A ûan, at El-Kab, at Kasr-es-Syed, at Sheik Saïd, at Zauwit-el-Meitin, at Sakkarah, and at San the name of A pappus frequently appears: and it may also be seen sculptured on the rocks at Wady Magharah, and at Hammam at, a station on the road between Keneh and Ko eir. The name A pappus signifies, in Egyptian, a giant, and this may be the basis of a tradition which describes him as being nine cubits high, and also says that he reigned a hundred years.