Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt

Name: Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt
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ISBN: 9780500051207

ISBN-10: 0500051208

ISBN-13: 9780500051207

Edition: 2003

Authors: Richard H. Wilkinson

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This comprehensive and authoritative title examines the evolution, worship and eventual decline of the gods and goddesses that, at one time, made Egypt the most completely theocratic society of the ancient world, and the Egyptians, according to Herodotus, 'more religious than any other people'.

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 5/26/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.30" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 2.948
Language: English



Introduction: Egyptian Religion and the Gods


Chronology


Map



Rise and Fall of the Gods


Birth of the Gods


Rule of the Gods


Decline of the Gods



Nature of the Gods


Forms of the Divine


Manifestations of the Gods


Egypt and Monotheism



Worship of the Gods


Care of the Gods


Popular Religion and Piety


Relationships with the Divine



Kingship and the Gods


Between Gods and Men


Deceased and Divine


Kingship Among the Gods



The Catalogue of Deities


Many Faces of the Divine


Groups of Deities


Male Anthropomorphic Deities


Female Anthropomorphic Deities


Mammalian Deities


Avian Deities


Reptile, Amphibian and Fish Deities


Invertebrate and Insect Deities


Inanimate Object Deities


Epilogue: A Lasting Legacy


Further Reading


Sources of Quotations


Illustrations Credits


Acknowledgments


Index