Daemons and Spirits in Ancient Egypt
This book is about the weird and wonderful lesser-known 'spirit' entities of ancient Egypt -daemons, the mysterious and often fantastical creatures of the Egyptian 'Otherworld' - and the closely related spirits of the dead, which together conjure the excitement of all things otherworldly. Daemons and spirits are generally defined in Egyptology as creatures not of this world, which do not have their own cult centre, and both groups are frequently listed together in protective spells. This volume explores the general nature of daemons and spirits in ancient Egypt and discusses a selection in more detail: it uses artefacts from Wales's important…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78683-290-0
- EAN: 9781786832900
- Produktnummer: 29014054
- Verlag: University of Wales Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 12'689 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Carolyn Graves-Brown is Curator of the Egypt Centre at Swansea University.
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