Research Catalog

Title

Ancient Egyptian demonology: studies on the boundaries between the demonic and the divine in Egyptian magic / edited by P. Kousoulis.

Publication

Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies, 2011

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Details

Additional Authors

Kousoulis, P. (Panagiotis)

Description

xxi, 198 p.: ill.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta ; 175

Uniform Title

Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta ; 175.

Subjects

• Demonology > Egypt
• Egypt > Religion
• Magic, Egyptian

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-192) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Demonic Lore of Ancient Egypt: Questions on Definition / P. Kousoulis Kousoulis, P. ix -- Opening Greeting to the Demonology Symposium on Rhodes / Y. Koenig Koenig, Y. xxiii -- Part I Demons and Personification -- An eternal curse upon the reader of these lines (with apologies to M. Puig) / R.K. Ritner Ritner, R.K. 3 -- Faeces of the creator or the temptations of the dead / P.J. Frandsen Frandsen, P.J. 25 -- Demons in the dark: nightmares and other nocturnal enemies in ancient Egypt / K. Szpakowska Szpakowska, K. 63 -- Masking and multiple personas / P. Wilson Wilson, P. 77 -- Demons as reflection of human society / A. Roccati Roccati, A. 89 -- Part II Magic and the Cosmicization of the World -- Egyptian magic in Greek literature / A.B. Lloyd Lloyd, A.B. 99 -- Between order and disorder: a case of sacred philology / Y. Koenig Koenig, Y. 121 -- Remarks on Egyptian rituals of dream-sending / J.F. Quack Quack, J.F. 129 -- Some aspects of magic in ancient Egyptian medicine / H. Györy Györy, H. 151.

ISBN

• 9789042920408
• 9042920408

OCLC

• 758999744
• SCSB-10516334

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library