Egyptian Mythology

by Gros De Beler, Aude

• ISBN13: 9782907670326
• ISBN10: 2907670328
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Independent Pub Group

Summary

This beautiful four-color encyclopedia features illustrations of 50 Egyptian gods and a full explanation of the role that each played in the theology of ancient Egypt. Each god is shown in the four media in which the ancient Egyptians represented them: statuary, paintings, hieroglyphics, and sacred symbols. Many of the featured photographs are from the renowned Egyptian collection of the Louvre museum. This stunning folio-size book explores and explains the relationships between these gods to give a better understanding of the ancient Egyptians' belief system.

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(3)
Aly Maher el Sayed
Amun	12	(2)
Anubis	14	(4)
Apis	18	(2)
Apophis	20	(2)
Aten	22	(2)
Atum	24	(2)
Bastet	26	(2)
Bes	28	(54)
Four sons of Horus	82
Geb	30	(2)
Ha'py	32	(10)
Harakhty	42
Harmakhis	34	(1)
Haroeris	34	(2)
Harpokrates	36	(2)
Hathor	38	(6)
Horus	44	(3)
Hurun	47	(1)
Isis	48	(2)
Khepri	50	(2)
Khnum	52	(2)
Khons	54	(4)
Ma'at	58	(1)
Min	58	(2)
Montu	60	(1)
Mut	60	(2)
Nefertem	62	(2)
Neith	64	(2)
Nekhbet	66	(4)
Nephthys	70	(1)
Nun	71	(1)
Nut	72	(2)
Osiris	74	(4)
Ptah	78	(5)
Re'	83	(3)
Sakhmet	86	(4)
Sarapis	90
Satis	85	(3)
Serket	88	(4)
Seshat	92	(2)
Seth	94	(2)
Shu	96	(4)
Sobek	100	(1)
Sokar	100	(2)
Sopdet	102	(2)
Tanen	104	(6)
Taweret	110
Tefenet	105	(1)
Thoth	106
Wadjit	76	(37)
ANNEXES	113	(17)
Map of religious sites	113	(1)
A few gods: iconography and representations	114	(2)
A few goddesses: iconography and representations	116	(2)
Symbols: amulets, scepters and crowns	118	(2)
Lexicon of divinities	120	(2)
Lexicon	122	(2)
Chronology	124	(2)
Hieroglyphs: signs and determinatives	126	(4)
Bibliography	130