1st Edition

Gods Of The Egyptians - 2 Vols

By E. A. Wallis Budge Copyright 2005
    514 Pages
    by Routledge

    514 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 2005. By far the most thorough, most useful coverage of the gods of Ancient Egypt is this book by Dr. Budge of the British Museum, one of the foremost Egyptologists of the century. In it is presented practically everything known about the high gods, the local gods, demigods, demons, and mythological figures of Khem. This title is the second volume of a two-part series, which covers research and information on Egyptian mythology and culture. It provides full information on the origins of the ancient religion; its peculiarly Egyptian aspects; evolution of cults, rites, and gods; the priesthoods; the heretical aberration of Ikhnaten and the Aten cult; the cult of Osiris; the Book of the Dead and its rites; the sacred animals and birds; heaven and hell, and much other secret wisdom that has been discovered hidden in mummy cases or written on tomb walls. Richly illustrated, with many reproductions of tomb and mummy-case paintings, with many full texts are presented, with both hieroglyphs and translation. Dr. Budge's book is a standard work in the history of religion. It is also a most useful background book for anyone seriously interested in the life and thought of Ancient Egypt, an explicator of many of the obscurer passages in the Book of Dead.

    I. AMEN, AND AMEN-R.i, AND THE TRIAD OF THEBES II. ij:API, THE GOD OF THE NILE III. THE TRIAD OF ELEPHANTINE IV. ATEN, THE GOD AND DISK OF THE SUN V. THE GREAT OOMPANY OF THE GODS OF HELIOPOLIS. VI. OSIRIS VII. HYMNS TO OSIRIS VIII. HYMNS TO OSIRIS FROM THE BOOK OF THE DEAD IX. HYMN TO OSIRIS,-HIEROGLYPHIC TEXT WITH INTERLINEAR TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATION X. THE NAMES OF OSIRIS XI. PLUTARCH'S MYTHOLOGICAL HISTORY OF ISIS AND OSIRIS XII. ASAR-I:l.iPI OR SERAPIS XIII. ISIS XIV. THE SORROWS OF ISIS XV. SET AND N EPHTHYS XVI. ANPU OR ANUBIS XVII. OIPPI OF HORUS XVIII. FOREIGN GODS, XIX. MISCELLANEOUS GODS, XX. SACRED ANIMALS AND Bums, ETC.

    Biography

    Professor E.A. Wallis Budge