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Handbook of Egyptian Mythology TITLES IN ABC-CLIO’S Handbooks of World Mythology Handbook of Arab Mythology,Hasan El-Shamy Handbook of Celtic Mythology,Joseph F. Nagy Handbook of Classical Mythology,William Hansen Handbook of Egyptian Mythology,Geraldine Pinch Handbook of Mesoamerican Mythology, Kay Almere Read and Jason J. Gonzáles Handbook of Norse Mythology,John Lindow HANDBOOKS OF WORLD MYTHOLOGY Handbook of Egyptian Mythology Geraldine Pinch ABC-CLIO Santa Barbara, California • Denver, Colorado • Oxford, England Copyright © 2002 by Geraldine Pinch All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pinch, Geraldine. Handbook of Egyptian mythology / Geraldine Pinch. p. cm. — (Handbooks of world mythology) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-57607-242-8 (alk. paper)—ISBN 1-57607-763-2 (ebook) 1. Mythology, Egyptian. I. Title. II. Series. BL2441.3.P56 2002 299'.31—dc21 2002004567 06 05 04 03 02 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an e-book. Visit abc-clio.com for details. ABC-CLIO, Inc. 130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California 93116–1911 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Manufactured in the United States of America CONTENTS Chronology, xi 1 Introduction, 1 What Is a Myth? 1 Myth and Geography, 2 History and the Sources of Egyptian Myth, 4 Protodynastic (Dynasty 0) and Early Dynastic Periods (Dynasties 1–2): c.3200–2686 BCE, 5 Early Kings, 5 The King and the Gods, 6 Old Kingdom (Dynasties 3–6) and First Intermediate Period (Dynasties 7–11): c. 2686–2055 BCE, 8 The Pyramid Builders, 8 The Pyramid Texts, 9 Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period (Dynasties 11–17): c.2055–1550 BCE, 12 The Coffin Texts, 13 Literature, 16 Magic and Popular Religion, 17 New Kingdom (Dynasties 18–20) and Third Intermediate Period (Dynasties 21–24): c. 1550–747 BCE, 19 Temples and Kings, 21 Underworld Books, 24 The Book of the Dead, 26 Mythology in Literature, 28 The End of the New Kingdom, 30 Late Period and Ptolemaic Period (Dynasties 25–30 and the Ptolemies): 747–30 BCE, 31 The Memphite Theology, 32 Persians and Greeks, 34 Alexandria and Memphis, 35 v vi Contents Priests and Temples under the Ptolemies, 37 Isis and Horus, 39 Roman Period: 30 BCE–395 CE, 40 Plutarch’s Osiris, 41 Demotic Literature, 42 Land of Magicians, 43 Post-Pharaonic Egypt, 45 2 Mythical Time Lines, 57 Linear Time, 57 Chaos, 58 Emergence of the Creator, 59 Creation, 61 Period of Direct Rule by the Creator Sun God, 68 Period of Rule by Other Gods, 76 Period of Rule by Kings, 85 Return to Chaos, 89 Cyclical Time, 89 The Egyptian Year, 90 The Solar Cycle, 91 The Journey of the Soul, 93 3 Deities, Themes, and Concepts, 99 Aker, 99 Akhet, 99 Ammut, 100 Amun (Amon, Ammon, Amen), 100 Anat (Anath, Anta), 102 Andjety (Anedjeti), 102 Anti (Anty), 103 Anubis (Anpu, Inpw), 104 Anuket (Anukis), 105 Apis, 105 Apophis (Apep), 106 Arsaphes, 108 Ash, 108 Astarte (Ashtarte), 108 Aten (Aton), 109 Atum (Atem), 111 Baal, 112 Babi (Baba), 112 Baboons, 113 Contents vii Banebdjedet (Banebdjed), 114 Bastet (Bast, Boubastis, Pasht), 115 Bat, 117 Bata, 117 BenuBird (Phoenix), 117 Bes and Beset, 118 Birds, 120 Boats, 121 Cattle, 123 Crocodiles, 126 DjedPillar, 127 Ennead of Heliopolis, 128 Eye of Ra, 128 Eyes of Horus, 131 Feline Deities, 132 Geb, 135 Hand of Atum, 136 Hapy (Hapi), 136 Hathor (H.wt-h.r), 137 Hatmehyt, 139 Heh Gods, 139 Heka (Hika), 139 Heqet (Heqat, Hekat), 139 Heryshef (Arsaphes, Harsaphes), 141 Hippopotamus Goddesses, 141 Horemakhet (Harmachis), 143 Horus (Hor), 143 Horus the Child (Harpokrates, Harpocrates), 146 Hu, 147 Ihy, 148 Imhotep (Imouthes), 148 Ipet (Opet), 149 Isis, 149 Iusaas, 152 Khentamentiu (Khentamenti), 152 Khenty-Khety, 152 Khepri (Khepry, Khopri), 152 Khnum (Chnum), 153 Khonsu (Khons, Chons), 155 Kings and Princes, 156 Lotus, 158 viii Contents Maat (Ma’et), 159 Mafdet, 161 Magicians, 161 Mahes (Mihos), 163 Mehet-Weret (Mehurit, Methyer), 163 Mehit (Mehyt, Mekhit), 164 Meretseger, 164 Meskhenet, 164 Min, 164 Montu (Mont, Month), 165 Moon, 166 Mut (Mout), 168 Nefertem (Nefertum), 169 Nehebkau, 169 Neith (Neit), 169 Nekhbet, 170 Nemty, 171 Neper (Nepri), 171 Nephthys, 171 Nun (Noun, Nu), 172 Nut (Nout), 173 Ogdoad of Hermopolis, 175 Onuris (Anhur, Inhur, Inhert), 177 Osiris, 178 Pakhet, 180 Primeval Mound, 180 Primeval Ocean, 181 Ptah, 181 Ra (Re, Pre), 182 Raet-Tawy (Raiyet), 185 Ra-Horakhty, 185 Renenutet (Ernutet, Hermouthis, Thermouthis), 185 Satet (Satis) and Anuket (Anukis), 186 Sekhmet (Sakhmet), 187 Serqet (Serket, Selkis), 189 Seshat (Sechat), 190 Seth (Set, Sutekh), 191 Seven Hathors, 194 Shai (Shay), 194 Shed, 195

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