The Book of the Dead (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: n/a
- First Published: 1842
- Type of Work: Religious
- Principal Characters: Osiris, Isis, Horus, Anubis, Set, Temu, Ptah, Ra, Nut
- Genres: Nonfiction, Religion and spirituality
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, Mythology or myths, Religion, Death or dying, Gods or goddesses, Egypt or Egyptians, Rites or ceremonies, Edible plants, Afterlife, Middle East, Mortality, Corn
The Story:
The god Temu, the spirit of creation, became manifest first as Ptah, and then as the word spoken by Ptah, which brought creation into existence. Ptah created first himself, then the other gods, and finally created Egypt, by speaking the divine words that made the gods aware of themselves; thus, all of creation exists as different aspects, or “faces,” of Ptah, and of his words. Immediately after he spoke these first powerful magic words, while the earth and the waters of primordial chaos were still in the process of separating themselves, Ptah promised eternity to...
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