Research Catalog

Title

The complete gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt / Richard H. Wilkinson.

Author

Wilkinson, Richard H.

Publication

New York : Thames & Hudson, [2003]

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Details

Description

256 pages : 338 illustrations (some color), color map; 26 cm

Summary

"With hundreds of illustrations and specially commissioned drawings, this is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the deities that lay at the heart of Egyptian religion and society."--Jacket.

Subjects

• Egypt
• Mythology, Egyptian
• Religion
• Gods, Egyptian
• Goddesses, Egyptian
• Egypt > Religion

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-248) and index.

Contents

Rise and Fall of the Gods -- Birth of the Gods -- Rule of the Gods -- Decline of the Gods -- Nature of the Gods -- Forms of the Divine -- Manifestations of the Gods -- Egypt and Monotheism -- Worship of the Gods -- Care of the Gods -- Popular Religion and Piety -- Relationships with the Divine -- Kingship and the Gods -- Between Gods and Men -- Deceased and Divine -- Kingship Among the Gods -- The Catalogue of Deities -- Many Faces of the Divine -- Groups of Deities -- Male Anthropomorphic Deities -- Female Anthropomorphic Deities -- Mammalian Deities -- Avian Deities -- Reptile, Amphibian and Fish Deities -- Invertebrate and Insect Deities -- Inanimate Object Deities -- Epilogue: A Lasting Legacy.

Call Number

*OBZ 03-6028

ISBN

• 0500051208
• 9780500051207
• 0500284245
• 9780500284247

LCCN

2002110321

OCLC

51668000

Author

Wilkinson, Richard H., author.

Title

The complete gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt / Richard H. Wilkinson.

Publisher

New York : Thames & Hudson, [2003]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-248) and index.

Research Call Number

*OBZ 03-6028