Budge

From Fetish To God Ancient Egypt

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This important work by this famous Egyptologist on a central theme in Egyptian life is of the utmost significance to those who wish to understand ancient Egypt. The present work deals particularly with religion of the predynastic portion of Egyptian history, as well as cults, theological systems, and religions of the dynastic period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 558
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 164mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 1089g
• ISBN-13: 9780710309129
• ISBN-10: 0710309120
• Artikelnr.: 21335921

Autorenporträt

E.A. Wallis Budge

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION. The Early Egyptologists and the Egyptian Religion PART I I.
THE RELIGIONS OF ANCIENT EGYPT II. PREDYNASTIC CULTS: ANIMISM; FETISHISM;
GODS AND GODDESSES OF FETISH ORIGIN; THE CULTS OF ANIMALS BIRDS, REPTILES,
ETC.; THE ANTHROPOMORPHIZATION OF FETISHES; THE CULT OF MEN GODS; IDOLS;
FABULOUS ANIMALS; NOME FETISHES III. MAGIC THE FOUNDATION OF THE EGYPTIAN
RELIGIONS. MAGICAL RITUALS AND SPELLS DESCRIBED. THE MAGICIAN, HIS POWERS
AND WORKS IV. ANCIENT EGYPTIAN THEOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND DOGMAS V. EGYPTIAN
THEOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND DOGMAS (continued) VI. THE FAMILY OF GEBB AND NUT
VII. HATHOR AND THE HATHOR-GODDESSES VIII. GODS-COSMIC, STELLAR, BORROWED,
AND FOREIGN IX. IMPORTED FOREIGN GODS AND GODDESSES X. MEMPHITE THEOLOGY
AND THE GOD PTA^-TENEN XI. OSIRIS THE RIVAL OF RA XII. THE JUDGEMENT OF THE
DEAD, AND THE WEIGHING THE HEART BEFORE OSIRIS XIII. THE OSIRIAN PENITENT
XIV. THE LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE XV. THE TUAT * OR UNDERWORLD PART II HYMNS
TO THE GODS, LITANIES, ETC. THE DRAMATIC ASPECTS OF CERTAIN EGYPTIAN MYTHS.
LEGENDS OF THE GODS