| Description |
256 pages : 338 illustrations (some color), color map ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-248) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Gods, Egyptian.
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Goddesses, Egyptian.
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Mythology, Egyptian.
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Egypt -- Religion.
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Goddesses, Egyptian. (OCoLC)fst00944194
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Gods, Egyptian. (OCoLC)fst00944259
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Mythology, Egyptian. (OCoLC)fst01031782
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Religion. (OCoLC)fst01093763
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Egypt. (OCoLC)fst01208755
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Goddesses, Egyptian.
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Gods, Egyptian.
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Mythology, Egyptian.
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Egypt -- Religion.
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Mythology, Egyptian.
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Goddesses, Egyptian.
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Egypt - Religion.
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Gods, Egyptian.
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| ISBN |
0500051208 |
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9780500051207 |
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9780500284247 (paperback) |
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0500284245 (paperback) |
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