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Richard H. WilkinsonPublication Details
BookThames & Hudson2003Availability
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Worshiped for over three-fifths of recorded history, ancient Egypt’s gods and goddesses are among the most fascinating of human civilization. This book examines the evolution, worship, and eventual decline of the numerous gods and goddesses?from minor household figures such as Bes and Taweret to the all-powerful deities Amun and Re?that made Egypt the most completely theocratic society of the ancient world, and made Egyptians, according to Herodotus, “more religious than any other people.” (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
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- "With hundreds of illustrations and specially commissioned drawings, this is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the deities that lay at the heart of Egyptian religion and society."–BOOK JACKET
Contents
- Introduction: Egyptian Religion and the Gods
- I. Rise and Fall of the Gods
- Birth of the Gods
- Rule of the Gods
- Decline of the Gods
- II. Nature of the Gods
- Forms of the Divine
- Manifestations of the Gods
- Egypt and Monotheism
- III. Worship of the Gods
- Care of the Gods
- Popular Religion and Piety
- Relationships with the Divine
- IV. Kingship and the Gods
- Between Gods and Men
- Deceased and Divine
- Kingship Among the Gods
- V. The Catalogue of Deities
- Many Faces of the Divine
- Groups of Deities
- Male Anthropomorphic Deities
- Female Anthropomorphic Deities
- Mammalian Deities
- Avian Deities
- Reptile, Amphibian and Fish Deities
- Invertebrate and Insect Deities
- Inanimate Object Deities
- Epilogue: A Lasting Legacy
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- 0500051208
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