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The complete gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt / Richard H. Wilkinson.

Summary:

"With hundreds of illustrations and specially commissioned drawings, this is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the deities that lay at the heart of Egyptian religion and society."-- Jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0500051208
  • ISBN: 9780500051207
  • ISBN: 9780500284247
  • ISBN: 0500284245
  • Physical Description: 256 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 26 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Thames & Hudson, 2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publication date may vary.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-248) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
I. Rise and Fall of the Gods : -- Birth of the Gods -- Rule of the Gods -- Decline of the Gods -- II. Nature of the Gods : -- Forms of the Divine -- Manifestations of the Gods -- Egypt and Monotheism -- III. Worship of the Gods : -- Care of the Gods -- Popular Religion and Piety -- Relationships with the Divine -- IV. Kingship and the Gods : -- Between Gods and Men -- Deceased and Divine -- Kingship Among the Gods -- V. The Catalogue of Deities : -- Many Faces of the Divine -- Groups of Deities -- Male Anthropomorphic Deities -- Female Anthropomorphic Deities -- Mammalian Deities -- Avian Deities -- Reptile, Amphibian and Fish Deities -- Invertebrate and Insect Deities -- Inanimate Object Deities -- Epilogue: A Lasting Legacy.
Subject:
Gods, Egyptian.
Goddesses, Egyptian.
Mythology, Egyptian.

Available copies

  • 13 of 16 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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24514. ‡aThe complete gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt / ‡cRichard H. Wilkinson.
264 1. ‡aNew York : ‡bThames & Hudson, ‡c2003.
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504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 244-248) and index.
5050 . ‡aI. Rise and Fall of the Gods : -- Birth of the Gods -- Rule of the Gods -- Decline of the Gods -- II. Nature of the Gods : -- Forms of the Divine -- Manifestations of the Gods -- Egypt and Monotheism -- III. Worship of the Gods : -- Care of the Gods -- Popular Religion and Piety -- Relationships with the Divine -- IV. Kingship and the Gods : -- Between Gods and Men -- Deceased and Divine -- Kingship Among the Gods -- V. The Catalogue of Deities : -- Many Faces of the Divine -- Groups of Deities -- Male Anthropomorphic Deities -- Female Anthropomorphic Deities -- Mammalian Deities -- Avian Deities -- Reptile, Amphibian and Fish Deities -- Invertebrate and Insect Deities -- Inanimate Object Deities -- Epilogue: A Lasting Legacy.
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