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Ancient Egyptian demonology : studies on the boundaries between the demonic and the divine in Egyptian magic / edited by P. Kousoulis.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta ; 175.
- Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta ; 175
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Magic, Egyptian.
- Demonology.
- Egypt--Religion.
- Egypt.
- Religion.
- Demonology--Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 198 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leuven : Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies, 2011.
- Contents:
- The Demonic Lore of Ancient Egypt: Questions on Definition / P. Kousoulis Kousoulis, P. ix
- Opening Greeting to the Demonology Symposium on Rhodes / Y. Koenig Koenig, Y. xxiii
- Part I Demons and Personification
- An eternal curse upon the reader of these lines (with apologies to M. Puig) / R.K. Ritner Ritner, R.K. 3
- Faeces of the creator or the temptations of the dead / P.J. Frandsen Frandsen, P.J. 25
- Demons in the dark: nightmares and other nocturnal enemies in ancient Egypt / K. Szpakowska Szpakowska, K. 63
- Masking and multiple personas / P. Wilson Wilson, P. 77
- Demons as reflection of human society / A. Roccati Roccati, A. 89
- Part II Magic and the Cosmicization of the World
- Egyptian magic in Greek literature / A.B. Lloyd Lloyd, A.B. 99
- Between order and disorder: a case of sacred philology / Y. Koenig Koenig, Y. 121
- Remarks on Egyptian rituals of dream-sending / J.F. Quack Quack, J.F. 129
- Some aspects of magic in ancient Egyptian medicine / H. Györy Györy, H. 151.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-192) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789042920408
- 9042920408
- OCLC:
- 758999744
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