Daemons and Spirits in Ancient Egypt

Carolyn Graves-Brown

Description

This book is about the weird and wonderful lesser-known ‘spirit’ entities of ancient Egypt –daemons, the mysterious and often fantastical creatures of the Egyptian ‘Otherworld’ – and the closely related spirits of the dead, which together conjure the excitement of all things otherworldly. Daemons and spirits are generally defined in Egyptology as creatures not of this world, which do not have their own cult centre, and both groups are frequently listed together in protective spells. This volume explores the general nature of daemons and spirits in ancient Egypt and discusses a selection in more detail: it uses artefacts from Wales’s important collection of Egyptian objects at the Egypt Centre at Swansea University, in which are to be found a dwarf daemon with sticking out tongue; several guardian daemons of the Otherworld; creatures who are part snake and part feline; spirits of deceased humans; and a Greek satyr Silenus, companion to the wine god Dionysus.

List of figures
Chronology
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Realm of the Dead and Daemons, the Otherworld
Chapter 3: Early Daemons and a Magic Wand
Chapter 4: Those with sticking out tongues, dwarves, hippopotami and problems of gender: Daemons from the New Kingdom and later.
Chapter 5: Spirits of the Dead
Chapter 6: Daemons on Coffins, the Book of the Dead and the Star-lit Sky
Chapter 7: Quasi-Daemons
Chapter 8: Conclusions
References

Sujets

• Histoire
• Egypt
• Ancient
• History

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 01 septembre 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781786832894
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 43 Mo

Extrait

DAEMONS & SPIRITS IN ANCIENT EGYPT

LIVES AND BELIEFS OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS

Series Editor C. GravesBrown Egypt Centre, Swansea University

Editorial Board Dr Emily Teeter The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Dr Campbell Price Curator of Egypt and Sudan, Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester

LIVES AND BELIEFS OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS

DAEMONS & SPIRITS IN ANCIENT EGYPT

CAROLYN GRAVESBROWN

UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS CARDIFF

© Carolyn GravesBrown, 2018

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List of figures Chronology Acknowledgements Preface

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1 Introduction: Problems 2 Dwellings of the Dead and Daemons 3 Early Daemons and a Magic Wand 4 Those with Stickingout Tongues, Dwarves, Hippopotami and Problems of Gender: Daemons from the New Kingdom and Later

5 Spirits of the Dead 6 Daemons on Coffins, theBook of the Deadand the Starlit Sky 7 ‘QuasiDaemons’ 8 Conclusions

References Index

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LIST OF FIGURES

W922andW923.GreekandRomanideasoftheOtherworld. Note Anubis with the key to Hades around his neck. EA38192. British Museum wand. LIH9 Faience frog amulet. W219 Pottery frog. ‘Amarna’ beaded collar. Close up of W9 showing Bes or Beset. W1156. Amarna pendant of a foreign captive or a liminal daemon? W961p. Pendant showing a dancing Bes playing a hand drum. W553. Sistrum showing Bes. A collection of Bes moulds. W2052a and b. Bed legs showing Bes and a hippopotamus daemon. Hippopotamus daemon amulet. Taweret or Ipet? AB110. Cippus showing Bes head above Horus the Child. Back of Horus stela. W1702. Part of a pottery vessel showing Bes. EC257. Part of a faience Bes vessel. W1283. Ptolemaic Period Bes vessel. EC546. Late Period Bes vessel. WK44. Faience Bes bell. W56.IsisThermouthis(withelementsofAgatheTyche)andonthe right Serapis (with elements of the Agathodaimon). W867. A fragment of theBook of the Deadbelonging to AnkhHapi. Simplified offering formula.

16 25 29 29 37 37 39 40 41 41 44 46 47 49 50 51 52 52 53

56 72 73