256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 2005. This expansive and fascinating treatment of ancient Egyptian mythology and its influence on the traditions that followed from it includes explorations of sign-language in mythological representation, totemism, fetishism, spirits and Gods, the Egyptian Book of the Dead, and Egyptian wisdom in the Hebrew Genesis. Readers will enjoy the wealth of information offered by Massey, as well as his clear and readable style.
| SIGN-LANGUAGE AND MYTHOLOGY AS PRIMITIVE MODES OF REPRESENTATION; TOTEMISM, TATTOO AND FETISHISM AS FORMS OF SIGN-LANGUAGE; ELEMENTAL AND ANCESTRAL SPIRITS, OR THE GODS AND THE GLORIFIED; EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD AND THE MYSTERIES OF AMENTA; THE SIGN-LANGUAGE OF ASTRONOMICAL MYTHOLOGY; The Sign-Language of Astronomical Mythology (Part II); EGYPTIAN WISDOM AND THE HEBREW GENESIS; THE EGYPTIAN WISDOM IN OTHER JEWISH WRITINGS; | book9 THE ARK, THE DELUGE, AND THE WORLD’S GREAT YEAR; book10 THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT AND THE DESERT OF AMENTA; book11 EGYPTIAN WISDOM IN THE REVELATION OF JOHN THE DIVINE; book12 THE JESUS-LEGEND TRACED IN EGYPT FOR TEN THOUSAND YEARS;
Biography
Gerald Massey
