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Acknowledgements 12 List of illustrations 13 Introduction 14 1 The myth of Egypt: imagined Egypts 17 2 Divine words: language and myth 30 3 The gods themselves: deities and myth 47 4 The beautiful moment: creation myths 62 5 Black Land, Red Land: the landscapes of myth 74 6 Lord of the Two Lands: myths of nationhood 87 7 The big fight: conflict and reconciliation 99 8 The eyes of heaven: pairs and sequences 111 9 Personal myths: myth and popular religion 124 10 The blessing of the mummy: the mythology of death 136 Notes 149 Further reading 153 Timeline 158 Glossary 162 Index 164
- Author
- Geraldine Pinch
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Language
- EN
- Rating
- 3.58 / 5 (141 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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