Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt 1st Edition

First of all, this book is not a comprehensive reference for all of the known 1,500 or so gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt. Nor is it a coffee-table book of gorgeous glossy images of art and architecture. It is a superb, well-thought-out overview of the mythology that is pitched in the ground between the written-for-children books (most books on the subject on Amazon) and books written for someone already in a graduate program in the subject. I wish I had read this first.

I enjoy this book very much. My knowledge to Egyptian mythology only limited to Mummy the movie and this book fills my childhood gap for the mystery of the book of the dead and the Imhotep story

I like the observation flow of the information. A foundation book of Egyptian thought in any one's library. Affordable and hands on.

Actually this is more a book on who the God and Goddesses of Ancient were. Some chapters told about how the gods and the cults evolved, but mainly it lists the major gods and goddesses of Egypt and their surrounding neighbors and where they came from and by the many names they were known by. It was well-written, with excellent pictures, and the author is an expert in her field, with field work behind her. It was fascinating to try and keep all the deities clear in my mind. I will be looking for more on all the deities of the area.

For most the subject of Egyptian beliefs expressed in the daily lives of the peoples often can be bewildering. The multiplicity of gods can cause confusion. This helps to give aid in understanding the main stories. Stories converge in synchonistic ways and blend. Most promoninent are the solar deities which get connected to the sun-god Ra. Ra often becomes somehow central to all the religious beliefs. Even Osiris is associated as he is reckoned as the successor of Ra but in the neverending cycles of nature and human life. For the Egyptians nothing was a beautiful as life and they could not see that it ever could end just as the cycles of the day,lunar month, and year cycle and seem never to end, yet human life did, or did it.You get the fregments of beliefs put together that the Egyptians knew but never left he specific tale so we have references and outside sources the fill in the religious literature of the Egyptian world view here in this book. Complexity is simplified for the commone person and understandable.

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The book shipped and arrived quickly, and was in great condition (as described).

I thought because the book seeing repetitive that the information would be lost. But I like the layout of the book and the wealth of information especially with beginning to do Egyptian research this book is a wealth of knowledge. I would have liked a little more information but the references that the book provides in itself is invaluable. Really love this book haven't finished part 3 yet but can't wait to.