Egyptian Divinities: The All who are the OneTehuti Research Foundation, 2001 - Всего страниц: 127 This brief examination of Egyptian religion, as opposed to mythology, argues that the ancient Egyptians believed in only one god and that each of the many divinities were created to represent or symbolise different aspects of that one supreme deity. Gadalla examines the role and symbolism of each god or goddess in turn, highlighting their place within Egyptian theology. Each divinity is illustrated. |
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Chapter 3 Cycle of Neteru | 35 |
Chapter 4 PreDawn Neteru | 37 |
Chapter 5 Conceptual Neteru | 41 |
Chapter 8 Heru and HetHeru | 73 |
Chapter 9 Growth and Prosperity | 85 |
Chapter 10 Regeneration Stage | 99 |
Further Reading | 109 |
Glossary | 110 |
Selected Bibliography | 114 |
Index | 116 |
About Our Books | 124 |
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Стр. 50 - ... on music — one containing a series of hymns to the gods, the other the institutes of the life of the king ; four others upon astronomy — one containing a list of the fixed stars, a second on the phenomena of the sun and moon ; the two others were on the rising of the stars. Another contained a cosmography and geography, the course of the sun, moon, and the five planets, the chorography of Egypt and scheme of the Nile, an account of the supplies of the temples and the lands apportioned to...
Стр. 93 - Although other cities in Egypt were carried to a great height, in my opinion, the greatest mounds were thrown up about the city of Bubastis, in which is a temple of Bubastis well worthy of mention ; for though other temples may be larger and more costly, yet none is more pleasing to look at than this.
Стр. 64 - ... unobservable movement, these being spring and summer and winter ; and these seasons, though in nature most opposed to one another, complete the cycle of the year in the fullest harmony. Moreover, practically all the physical matter which is essential to the generation of all things is furnished by these gods, the sun contributing the fiery element and the spirit, the moon the wet and the dry, and both together the air ; and it is through these elements that all things are engendered and nourished....
Стр. 60 - As they regard the Nile as the effusion of Osiris," so they hold and believe the earth to be the body of Isis, not all of it, but so much of it as the Nile covers, fertilizing it and uniting with it.* From this union they make Horus to be born. The all-conserving and fostering Hora, that is the seasonable tempering of the surrounding air, is Horus, who they say was brought up by Leto in the marshes round about Buto...
Стр. 49 - It was by Hermes, for instance, according to them, that the common language of mankind was first further articulated, and that many objects which were still nameless received an appellation, that the alphabet was invented, and that ordinances regarding the honours and offerings due to the gods were duly established; he was the first also to observe the orderly arrangement of the stars and the harmony of the musical sounds and their nature, to establish a wrestling school, and to give thought to the...
Стр. 49 - ... and offerings due to the gods were duly established; he was the first also to observe the orderly arrangement of the stars and the harmony of the musical sounds and their nature, to establish a wrestling school, and to give thought to the rhythmical movement of the human body and its proper development. He also made a lyre and gave it three strings, imitating the seasons of the year...
Стр. 50 - ... considerable number of works in the native language was not unknown to the Greeks, with whom they passed under the name of those of Hermes. Hence Clement mentions two books of Hermes on music — one containing a series of hymns to the gods, the other the institutes of the life of the king ; four others upon astronomy — one containing a list of the fixed stars, a second on the phenomena of the sun and moon ; the two others were on the rising of the stars. Another contained a cosmography and...
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