| Description |
1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations. |
| Note |
"Originally published in 1911 by the Medici Society, ltd." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
V. 1. The history of Osiris as told by classical writers -- The name and iconography of Osiris -- The mutilation and dismemberment of Osiris, his reconstitution and resurrection, his entrance into heaven, and his state of being there -- The heaven of Osiris under the VIth dynasty, with translations from the pyramid texts -- Osiris and cannibalism -- Osiris and human sacrifice, and funeral murders -- Osiris and dancing -- Osiris and sacrifice and offerings, the propitiation of good and evil spirits by offerings, amulets, etc. -- Osiris, the ancestral spirit and god -- Osiris as judge of the dead -- The African belief in god and the doctrine of last things -- Osiris as a moon-god -- Osiris as a bull-god. |
| Summary |
Volume 1 of the most comprehensive, scholarly work on Osiris. Includes translations of numerous texts, reproductions of classical Egyptian art -- iconography, the Heaven of Osiris, liturgy, shrines and mysteries, funeral and burial practices, human sacrifice, judge of the dead, links between Osiris worship and African religions, much more. |
| Subject |
Osiris (Egyptian deity)
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Eschatology, Egyptian.
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Osiris (divinité égyptienne). |
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Eschatologie -- Religion égyptienne.
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Eschatology, Egyptian. (OCoLC)fst00915142
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Osiris (Egyptian deity) (OCoLC)fst01048701
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HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Freading.
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| Related To |
Print version: Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934. Osiris and the Egyptian resurrection 0486227804 (DLC) 72081534 (OCoLC)721067 |
| ISBN |
9780486143552 (electronic bk.) |
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0486143554 (electronic bk.) |
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