Sacred texts from ancient Egypt, including funerary literature and hymns to the gods.
Folders
Funerary Literature and Afterlife Books — Egyptian funerary corpora, mortuary rites, judgment texts, and afterlife literature from Pyramid Texts through the Book of the Dead. (6)
Hymns and Divine Theology — Egyptian hymns, divine praises, laments, and theological poetry addressed to Aten, Amun, Isis, Nephthys, and other gods. (3)
Language, History, and Antiquarian Studies — Egyptian language, hieroglyphic symbolism, historical discovery, monuments, royal history, and early Egyptological studies. (4)
Magic and Ritual Practice — Egyptian magic, ritual technique, spells, amulets, divination, and Greco-Egyptian magical papyri. (2)
Myth, Legend, and Comparative Religion — Egyptian myth, legend, mythological retellings, and comparative studies of Egyptian religion with neighboring traditions. (4)
Underworld Books and Netherworld Maps — Egyptian underworld books and maps of the night journey, including the Amduat, Book of Gates, and Book of Two Ways. (5)
Wisdom and Instruction — Egyptian wisdom literature and instruction texts on speech, justice, humility, silence, and right conduct. (2)
Pages
Glossary — A shelf-specific slice of the Good Works Glossary for Egyptian terms.
Introduction to Egyptian Religion — A critical introduction to ancient Egyptian religion — three thousand years of theology that refused to choose between the one and the many, invented the moral afterlife, and produced the oldest religious texts on earth.
Reader's Guide to Egyptian Religion — A guide to the Egyptian shelf: funerary texts, underworld books, hymns, wisdom literature, magic, myth, and early Egyptology.
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