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Daemons and spirits in ancient Egypt / Carolyn Graves-Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graves-Brown, Carolyn, author.
- Series:
- Lives and Beliefs of the Ancient Egyptians
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Death--Egypt.
- Death.
- Death--Mythology--Egypt.
- Egypt--Religion.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff, England : University of Wales Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of figures
- Chronology
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Chapter One: Introduction: Problems
- Chapter Two: Dwellings of the Dead and Daemons
- Chapter Three: Early Daemons and a Magic Wand
- Chapter Four: Those with Sticking-out Tongues, Dwarves, Hippopotami and Problems of Gender: Daemons from the New Kingdom and Later
- Chapter Five: Spirits of the Dead
- Chapter Six: Daemons on Coffins, the Book of the Dead and the Star-lit Sky
- Chapter Seven: 'Quasi-Daemons'
- Chapter Eight: Conclusions
- Notes
- References.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781786832900
- 1786832909
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