Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt
by Lewis Spence
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back [1915]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
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- MYTHS AND LEGENDS ANCIENT EGYPT
- LEWIS SPENCE
- Author of "The Myths of Mexico and Peru," "The Civilisation of Ancient Mexico," "The Popol Vuh," "The Myths of the North American Indians"
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTORY
- Local Gods
- Animism
- Fetishism and Totemism
- Creation Myths
- The 'Companies' of the Gods
- The Egyptian Idea of God
- Deities of the Pyramid Texts
- Early Burials
- The Pyramid
- Pyramidal Architecture
- 'Lost' Pyramids
- Mummification
- Funeral Offerings
- The Ka
- The Ba
- CHAPTER II: EXPLORATION, HISTORY, AND CUSTOMS
- The Nile Valley
- Racial Origin
- Egyptian Exploration
- Early Researches
- Town Planning
- Palaces and Mansions
- Life and Law in Ancient Egypt
- Commerce
- Agriculture
- Legal Code
- Science
- The Peasantry
- Costume
- CHAPTER III: THE PRIESTHOOD: MYSTERIES AND TEMPLES
- The Priesthood
- The College of Thebes
- Mysteries
- The Greek Mysteries
- The Egyptian Temple
- The Holy Place
- CHAPTER IV: THE CULT OF OSIRIS
- Osiris
- The Myth of Osiris
- Set, the Enemy
- The Tamarisk-tree
- The Grief of Isis
- The Vengeance of Horus
- Sir J.G. Frazer on Osiris
- Primitive Conceptions of the Moon
- Osiris and the Persephone Myth
- A New Osirian Theory
- Isis
- Isis as the Wind
- Manifold Attributes of Isis
- Horus
- The Dream of Thothmes
- Heru-Behudeti
- The Myth of the Winged Disk
- The Slaughter of the Monsters
- Other Horus Legends
- The Black Hog
- Nephthys
- Set
- Set and the Ass
- Anubis
- Thoth
- Thoth as Soul-Recorder
- Maāt
- The Book of the Dead
- A 'Discovery' 3400 Years Old
- The Three Recensions
- The Place of Reeds
- The Journey of Osiris
- The Place of Punishment
- The Egyptian Heaven
- How the Blessed Lived
- CHAPTER V: THE GREAT GODS
- Ra, the Sun-God
- Rat
- Fusion of Myths
- Ra and Osiris
- The Sacred Beetle
- Amen
- Amen's Rise to Power
- The Oracle of Jupiter-Ammon
- Mut the Mother
- The Seker-boat
- Sekhmet
- The Seven Wise Ones
- Bast
- The Festival of Bast
- Nefer-Tem
- I-em-hetep
- Khnemu
- The Legend of the Nile's Source
- Satet
- Anqet
- Aten
- A Religion of One God
- A Social Revolt
- Aten's Attributes
- A Hymn to Aten
- Hathor
- Hathor as Love-Goddess
- The Slaying of Men
- The Forms of Hathor
- Hapi, the God of the Nile
- Counterparts of Hapi
- Nut
- Taurt
- Hekt
- Khonsu
- Minor Deities
- CHAPTER VI: EGYPTIAN LITERATURE
- Egyptian Language and Writing
- The Hieroglyphs
- Literature
- The Cat and the Jackal
- Travellers' Tales
- The Story of Saneha
- The Shipwrecked Sailor
- The Fable of the Head and the Stomach
- The Rebuking of Amasis
- Tales of Magic
- The Parting of the Waters
- The Prophecy of Dedi
- The Visit of the Goddesses
- Lyric and Folk Poetry
- The True History of Setne and his son Se-Osiris[7]
- Se-Osiris
- A Vision of Amenti
- The Reading of the Sealed Letter
- Magic versus Magic
- The War of Enchantments
- How Setnau Triumphed over the Assyrians
- The Peasant and the Workman
- Story of the Two Brothers
- The Treachery of Bitou's Wife
- The Doomed Prince
- The Visit of Ounamounou to the Coasts of Egypt
- The Story of Rhampsinites
- Civil War in Egypt: The Theft of the Cuirass
- The Birth of Hatshepsut
- How Thoutii took the Town of Joppa
- CHAPTER VII: MAGIC
- Antiquity of Egyptian Magic
- The Wandering Spirit
- Coercing the Gods
- Names of Power
- 'Right Speaking'
- A Magical Conspiracy
- Amulets
- Spells
- The Gibberish of Magic
- The Tale of Setne
- A Game of Draughts with the Dead
- Medical Magic
- Alchemy
- Animal Transformation
- Dreams
- Mummy Magic
- CHAPTER VIII: FOREIGN AND ANIMAL GODS: THE LATE PERIOD
- Foreign Deities
- Asiatic Gods
- Ashtoreth
- Semitic and African Influence
- Sacred Animals
- Apis
- The Apis Oracle
- The Crocodile
- The Lion
- The Lion Guardian
- The Cat
- The Dog
- The Hippopotamus
- Other Animals
- The Ibis
- Sacred Trees
- The Lotus
- Religion of the Late Period
- A Religious Reaction
- The Worship of Animals
- Religion under Persian Rule
- The Ptolemaic Period
- Fusion of Greek and Egyptian Ideas
- The Legend of Sarapis
- An Architectural Renaissance
- Change in the Conception of the Underworld
- Twilight of the Gods
- CHAPTER IX: EGYPTIAN ART
- The Materials of Painting
- New Empire Art
- Egyptian Art Influences
- Artistic Remains
- Egyptian Colour-harmonies
- The Great Simplicity of Egyptian Art
- GLOSSARY AND INDEX
- THE PRONUNCIATION OF EGYPTIAN
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