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Studies on the vignettes from chapter 17 of the Book of the dead : I : the image of mś.w Bdšt in ancient Egyptian mythology /

This work is a comprehensive study of the myth of the Egyptian deities mś.w Bdšt, 'Children of Weakness', and the scene depicting the cat, cutting off the head of the serpent under the branches of the išd-tree found on a number of 'Book of the Dead', chapter 17 vignettes.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tarasenko, Nikolaĭ (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Archaeopress, [2016]
Colección:Archaeopress Egyptology ; 16.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Chapter 1: The scene with the cat, serpent and sacred tree, 19th-21st Dynasties; Chapter 2: Correlation between text and visual image; Chapter 3: Mś.w Bdšt
  • the sources and the plot; Chapter 4: Mś.w Bdšt in the context of BD 175A, BD 123, CT Sp. 409, pBrooklyn 47.218.84 and the Book of Heavenly Cow
  • the Cosmogonic myth dénouement; Chapter 5: Mś.w Bdšt in the Book of Gates; Chapter 6: Mś.w Bdšt
  • the name and the image; Chapter 7: Essence of mś.w Bdšt in the Egyptian world view; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Catalogue of sources; Appendix 2: Selected texts; Abbreviations; Bibliography.