Bremner-Rhind Papyrus III The Book of Overthrowing Apep by R. O. Faulkner
THE BREMNER-RHIND PAPYRUS—II BY R .O . FAULKNER Part D. THE BOOK OF OVERTHROWING OF APEP. The Bremner-Rhind Papyrus, dates […]
THE BREMNER-RHIND PAPYRUS—II BY R .O . FAULKNER Part D. THE BOOK OF OVERTHROWING OF APEP. The Bremner-Rhind Papyrus, dates […]
The Astrological Character of the Egyptian Magical Wands, written by Margaret Murray in 1906 for the proceedings of the Society […]
This document delves into animal sacrifice, specifically the slaughter of the upper Egyptian bull in the Opening of the Mouth and Eyes ritual. In the rite, a goose and goat are lassoed, beheaded, and offered to the statue being opened. Then what is named Upper Egyptian bull is shot in the head with a bow and arrow, or alternatively lassoed, and the foreleg and heart are removed by the ceremonial butcher to be offered to the statue. Other sources like the temple of Edfu Otto discusses the mythic hunting ritual that is the origin of this sacrifice. In myth, Har sa’ A’sat Horus son of Isis hunts in the desert of Upper Egypt. His prey, the moon god DjaHwtya – Thoth in the form of a wild Upper Egyptian bull, who has taken his eye the moon. As Thoth lay dying, Isis, in the form of a great Kite bird kneels and whispers in his ear, “Your two lips have done that against you. Does your mouth still open?” The angered Horus rends the foreleg and heart from Thoth, thus taking the Eye from him, and his own moon eye is restored
Published in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 17, No. 3/4. (Nov., 1931). Wilson explores games at an appearance of […]
The author is very thorough in his analysis of several different specimens of each cosmetic he examines. Lucas first delves […]
THE COSTUME OF AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PRIEST by H. E. Winlock, published in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Vol. […]
Erman, in his original edition of P. Westcar, transcribed the word wAxy (P1. 8, 11. 9. 19. 20) As . […]
The Onion in Folk Belief, by Eddie W. Wilson. Western Folklore, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Apr., 1953) This document is […]
A Magical Ivory by Alan W. Shorter. This is only a few lines long, and doesn’t have anything to offer […]
Notes on the ritual of opening the mouth by T. J. C. Baley. Published in the Journal of Egyptian Archeology, […]