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MYTHS AND LEGENDS ANCIENT EGYPT

by 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 The Contents of the 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 GLOSSARY AND INDEX

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