Five Egyptian Goddesses - Their Possible Beginnings, Actions, Relationships in Third

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.>

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Susan Tower Hollis, Susan Tower (State University of New York Hollis
• Con la collaborazione di: Nicholas Reeves (Editore)
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781474234252
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-3425-2
• Pagine: 232
• Serie: Bloomsbury Egyptology; Bloomsbury Egyptology
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Antichità; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / General, HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Ancient, History of Art, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient Egyptian religion and mythology, Ancient Egyptian religion & mythology, Classical style, Ancient Egypt, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology