Gods Of The Egyptians - 2 Vols

by Budge

• ISBN13: 9780710310613
• ISBN10: 0710310617
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-05-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This landmark work, written by the eminent Egyptologist E. A. Wallis Budge, is a complete survey of the religion and mythology of the Ancient Egyptians. Every significant religious figure is considered in depth: the primitive gods and Nome-Gods; Ra, the sun god; Thoth and Maat, Amen and Amen-Ra, Aten, Osiris, Isis, the foreign gods, and many others. Also covered are the Underworld, Creation, the Zodiac, and Sacred Animals and Birds. A number of Hieroglyphic texts with translations are included.

Table of Contents

The Gods of Egypt	1	(56)
Appendix: Unas, the Slayer and Eater of the Gods---Hieroglyphic text with interlinear transliteration and translation	45	(12)
Conception of God and the ``Gods''	57	(38)
Primitive Gods and Nome-Gods	95	(61)
The Companions of the Gods in Heaven	156	(14)
The Underworld	170	(93)
Hell and the Damned	263	(19)
The oldest Company of the Gods and the Creation	282	(26)
History of the Creation of the Gods and of the World---Hieroglyphic text with interlinear Transliteration and Translation	308	(14)
Ra, the Sun-God, and His Forms	322	(37)
The Myths of Ra	359	(13)
The Legend of Ra and Isis---Hieroglyphic Text with Interlinear Transliteration and Translation	372	(16)
The Destruction of Mankind---Hieroglyphic Text with Interlinear Transliteration and Translation	388	(12)
Thoth, and Maat and the other Goddesses who were Associated with Him	400	(28)
Hathor and the Hathor-Goddesses	428	(38)
The Horus Gods	466	(34)
The Great Triad of Memphis, Ptah, Sekhet, and I-em-hetep	500
Amen, and Amen-Ra, and the Triad of Thebes	1	(41)
Hapi, the God of the Nile	42	(7)
The Triad of Elephantine	49	(19)
Aten, the God and Disk of the Sun	68	(17)
The Great Company of the Gods of Heliopolis	85	(28)
Osiris	113	(35)
Hymns to Osiris	148	(5)
Hymn to Osiris from the ``Book of the Dead''	153	(9)
Hymn to Osiris,---Hieroglyphic text with interlinear transliteration and translation	162	(14)
The Names of Osiris	176	(10)
Plutarch's Mythological History of Isis and Osiris	186	(9)
Asar-Hapi or Serapis	195	(7)
Isis	202	(20)
The Sorrows of Isis	222	(19)
Set and Nephthys	241	(20)
Anpu or Anubis	261	(6)
Cippi of Horus	267	(8)
Foreign Gods	275	(70)
Miscellaneous Gods:
Gods of the Cubit	291	(1)
Gods of the Days of the Months	292	(1)
Gods of the Months	292	(1)
Gods of the Epagomenal Days	293	(1)
Gods of the Hours of the Day	294	(1)
Gods of the Hours of the Night	294	(1)
Gods who watch behind Osiris-Serapis	295	(1)
Gods of the Winds	295	(1)
Gods of the Senses	296	(3)
The Soul-God	299	(1)
Gods and Goddesses of the Twelve Hours of the Night	300	(2)
Gods and Goddesses of the Twelve Hours of the Day	302	(1)
Gods of the Planets	302	(2)
The Dekans and their Gods	304	(6)
Star-Gods behind Sothis and Orion	310	(2)
Star-Gods of the Southern and Northern Heavens	312	(1)
The Zodiac	312	(5)
Gods in the Tomb of Seti I	317	(3)
Gods of the Days of the Month	320	(3)
Gods in the Theban Recension of the ``Book of Dead''	323	(22)
Sacred Animals and Birds, etc.	345	(40)
Index	385