Ancient Egyptian
The religious literature of ancient Egypt — the funerary texts that map the soul's passage through the underworld, from the Pyramid Texts to the Book of the Dead.
On this shelf
- Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri egyptian · read in english · cited by tale
- The Egyptian Book of the Dead egyptian · read in english · cited by chapter
Most-filed motifs under “egypt” in the index
Sun-god as creator 1 Hermaphroditic creator. The creator is half ma 1 Mutilated god 1 God with ram's head. (Cf. A132.14.) 1 Horned god 1 Sky-goddess 1 Sun-god 1 Sun-god bitten by snake, leaves earth for heav 1 One sun-god for night; another for day (Osiris 1 Moon-god 1 God of thunder 1 God of the world of the dead 1 Conductor of the dead 1 God of earth 1 River-god 1 God of fate 1 Primeval chaos 1 Raising of the sky. Originally the sky is near 1 Hierarchy of worlds. A series of worlds, one a 1 Sky as overshadowing tree. Shadowing the earth 1 Heaven. A blissful upper world 1 God of space upholds sky 1 Hell. Lower world of torment 1 Ferryman on river in lower world (Charon) 1 Sun's night journey: in land of dead 1 Boat of the sun 1 Moon as sun's representative at night 1 Origin of the Great Bear (Ursa Major) 1 Origin of Orion 1 Primeval water: In the beginning everything is 1