Four sons of Horus Thoth, the god of wisdom and knowledge, and also the baboons which chatter when the sun rises raising their hands as if in worship. The jackal (or possibly dog) is linked to Anubis and the act of embalming and also Wepwawet the "opener of the ways" who seeks out the paths of the dead. The hawk is associated with Horus himself and also Seker the mummified necropolis god. Imseti, the human, may be linked to Osiris himself or Onuris the hunter. The Egyptians themselves linked them with the ancient kings of Lower and Upper Egypt, the Souls of Pe and
The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God they recruit Michael to their ranks. While Rainey grapples with the grief of her lost daughter, and the forthcoming death of her father, she plunges into Negro Creek, a place thought to contain the souls of her ancestors. Here she confesses to Michael that her problem is not that she does not believe in God, but that she does and is torn apart by questioning how this sorrow could come upon her. Michael, the pastor, in turn tells Rainey that he is a fraud, a preacher who does not believe the words he says. As they bathe in the creek,