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ISBN10: | 1780937156 |
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No. of pages: | 232 pages |
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Weight: | 336 g |
Language: | English |
Illustrations: | 30 bw illus |
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Five Egyptian Goddesses
Their Possible Beginnings, Actions, and Relationships in the Third Millennium BCE
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Bloomsbury Egyptology;
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Date of Publication: 9 September 2021
Number of Volumes: Paperback
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This volume explores the earliest appearances and functions of the five major Egyptian goddesses Neith, Hathor, Nut, Isis and Nephthys. Although their importance endured throughout more than three millennia of ancient Egyptian history, their origins, earliest roles, and relationships in religion, myth, and cult have never before been studied together in detail.
Showcasing the latest research with carefully chosen illustrations and a full bibliography, Susan Tower Hollis suggests that the origins of the goddesses derived primarily from their functions, as, shown by their first appearances in the text and art of the Protodynastic, Early Dynastic, and Old Kingdom periods of the late fourth and third millennia BCE. The roles of the goddess Bat are also explored where she is viewed both as an independent figure and in her specific connections to Hathor, including the background to their shared bovine iconography. Hollis provides evidence of the goddesses' close ties with royalty and, in the case of Neith, her special connections to early queens.
Vital reading for all scholars of Egyptian religion and other ancient religions and mythology, this volume brings to light the earliest origins of these goddesses who would go on to play major parts in later narratives, myths, and mortuary cult.
Showcasing the latest research with carefully chosen illustrations and a full bibliography, Susan Tower Hollis suggests that the origins of the goddesses derived primarily from their functions, as, shown by their first appearances in the text and art of the Protodynastic, Early Dynastic, and Old Kingdom periods of the late fourth and third millennia BCE. The roles of the goddess Bat are also explored where she is viewed both as an independent figure and in her specific connections to Hathor, including the background to their shared bovine iconography. Hollis provides evidence of the goddesses' close ties with royalty and, in the case of Neith, her special connections to early queens.
Vital reading for all scholars of Egyptian religion and other ancient religions and mythology, this volume brings to light the earliest origins of these goddesses who would go on to play major parts in later narratives, myths, and mortuary cult.
Table of Contents:
List of figures
Map
Chronology
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Neith
Chapter 2: Hathor
Excursus 1: Bat
Excursus 2: Cattle
Chapter 3: Nut
Chapter 4: Isis and Nephthys
Conclusion
List of Abbreviations
Bibliography
Map
Chronology
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Neith
Chapter 2: Hathor
Excursus 1: Bat
Excursus 2: Cattle
Chapter 3: Nut
Chapter 4: Isis and Nephthys
Conclusion
List of Abbreviations
Bibliography