Preface -- Chronological table -- The gods -- Mythological scheme -- Map: Chief cult centres of ancient Egypt -- Introduction -- The High God in the Old Kingdom -- The High God in the age of the Coffin Texts -- Osiris-Original scheme -- Osiris universalized -- Esoteric Osiris -- Some myths about the Great Gods -- Mythological symbols -- Chart of the major religious symbols -- Conclusion.
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This classic study remains the best single introduction to the Egyptian mythological world. The Egyptians lived apart from the rest of the ancient world, and it is this isolation that makes their ideas so difficult to appreciate and interpret. Egyptian though was presented in terms of mythology: myth was used to convey insights into the workings of nature and the ultimately indescribable realities of the soul ...