Egyptian Myth and Legend, by Donald Mackenzie, [1907], at sacred-texts.com
CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION | |
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I. |
CREATION LEGEND OF SUN WORSHIPPERS | |
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II. |
THE TRAGEDY OF OSIRIS | |
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III. |
DAWN OF CIVILIZATION | |
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IV. |
THE PEASANT WHO BECAME KING | |
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V. |
RACIAL MYTHS IN EGYPT AND EUROPE | |
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VI. |
THE CITY OF THE ELF GOD | |
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VII. |
DEATH AND THE JUDGMENT | |
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VIII. |
THE RELIGION OF THE STONE WORKERS | |
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IX. |
A DAY IN OLD MEMPHIS | |
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X. |
THE GREAT PYRAMID KINGS | |
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XI. |
FOLK TALES OF FIFTY CENTURIES | |
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XII. |
TRIUMPH OF THE SUN GOD | |
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XIII. |
FALL OF THE OLD KINGDOM | |
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XIV. |
FATHER GODS AND MOTHER GODDESSES | |
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XV. |
THE RISE OF AMON | |
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XVI. |
TALE OF THE FUGITIVE PRINCE | |
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XVII. |
EGYPT'S GOLDEN AGE | |
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XVIII. |
MYTHS AND LAYS OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM | |
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XIX. |
THE ISLAND OF ENCHANTMENT | |
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XX. |
THE HYKSOS AND THEIR STRANGE GOD | |
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XXI. |
JOSEPH AND THE EXODUS | |
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XXII. |
AMON, THE GOD OF EMPIRE | |
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XXIII. |
TALK OF THE DOOMED PRINCE | |
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XXIV. |
CHANGES IN SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS LIFE | |
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XXV. |
AMENHOTEP THE MAGNIFICENT AND QUEEN TIY | |
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XXVI. |
THE RELIGIOUS REVOLT OF THE POET KING | |
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XXVII. |
THE EMPIRE OF RAMESES AND THE HOMERIC AGE | |
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XXVIII. |
EGYPT AND THE HEBREW MONARCHY | |
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XXIX. |
THE RESTORATION AND THE END |
PLATES IN COLOR
THE GIRL WIFE AND THE BATA BULL p. 194a
THE FARMER PLUNDERS THE PEASANT p. 194b
SENUHET SLAYS THE WARRIOR OF TONU p. 194c
QUEEN AHMES (WIFE OF THOTHMES I) p. 194d
LURING THE DOOM SERPENT p. 194e
FOWLING SCENE p. 194f
FARM SCENE p. 194g
PASTIME IN ANCIENT EGYPT THREE THOUSAND YEARS AGO p. 194h
PLATES IN MONOCHROME
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LUNAR, SOLAR, AND EARTH GODS (THOTH, OSIRIS-AH, PTAH, RA, AND SET) | |
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OSIRIS, ISIS, AND HORUS | |
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SACRED ANIMALS | |
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FIGURE OF THE APIS BULL, WITH A KING MAKING OFFERING | |
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THE STEP PYRAMID OF SAKKARA | |
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JUDGMENT SCENE: WEIGHING THE HEART | |
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SERVITORS BRINGING THEIR OFFERINGS | |
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"USHEBTIU" FIGURES OF VARIOUS PERIODS | |
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A SEATED SCRIBE | |
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AN OLD KINGDOM OFFICIAL ("SHEIKH-EL-BELED") | |
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THE GREAT PYRAMID OF KHUFU (CHEOPS) | |
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KING KHAFRA (IV DYNASTY) | |
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NEFERT, A ROYAL PRINCESS OF THE OLD KINGDOM PERIOD | |
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THREE TYPICAL "GREAT MOTHER" DEITIES (ISIS, BAST, AND SEKHET) | |
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COURTYARD OF AN EGYPTIAN TEMPLE (RESTORED) | |
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LOCAL GODS WITH ADDED SOLAR AND OTHER AT TRIBUTES (KHNÛMÛ, SEBEK, MIN, BES, ANUBIS) | |
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EGYPTIAN CHARIOT (FLORENCE MUSEUM) | |
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EGYPTIAN KING (SETI I) MOUNTED ON CHARIOT | |
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A PLATOON (TROOP) OF EGYPTIAN SPEARMEN | |
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DEITIES OF THE EMPIRE PERIOD (AMON-RA, MUT, AND HAPI) | |
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RUINS OF THE TEMPLE OF DER-EL-BAHARI, THEBES | |
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AMENHOTEP III | |
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AMENHOTEP IV (AKHENATON) | |
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AKHENATON, HIS QUEEN, AND THEIR CHILDREN | |
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MUMMY HEADS OF NOTABLE PHARAOHS (THOTHMES II, RAMESES II. RAMESES III, SETI I) | |
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GREAT SEA AND LAND RAID: PHILISTINE PRISONERS | |
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AMON PRESENTING TO SHESHONK LIST OF CITIES CAPTURED IN ISRAEL AND JUDAH | |
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RESTORATION PERIOD DEITIES (PTAH -SOKAR -OSIRIS, IMHOTEP) | |
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MUMMY CASES |