Bøger af E. A. Wallis Budge

This landmark work, written by the eminent Egyptologist E. A. Wallis Budge, is a complete survey of the religion and mythology of the Ancient Egyptians. Every significant religious figure is considered in depth: the primitive gods and Nome-Gods; Ra, the sun god; Thoth and Maat, Amen and Amen-Ra, Aten, Osiris, Isis, the foreign gods, and many others. Also covered are the Underworld, Creation, the Zodiac, and Sacred Animals and Birds. A number of Hieroglyphic texts with translations are included.

9 of the most interesting Egyptian legends in hieroglyphic texts with literal translations on facing pages. "The Legend of Creation, The Legend of the Destruction of Mankind, "7 more. 19 illustrations.

Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934) was a prominent English Egyptologist. First published in 1893, this study contains detailed discussions of the funerary rituals and objects used in Egyptian burials. The text of this reissue is taken from the expanded second edition, published in 1925.

Volume 1 contains 16 chapters including The Gods of Egypt, Hell and the Damned, Ra the Sun-God and His Forms, and The Horus Gods. 34 plates and 38 illustrations.