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Daemons and Spirits in Ancient Egypt (Paperback)
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Daemons and Spirits in Ancient Egypt (Paperback)
Series: Lives and Beliefs of the Ancient Egyptians
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This book is about the weird and wonderful lesser-known 'spirit'
entities of ancient Egypt -daemons, the mysterious and often
fantastical creatures of the Egyptian 'Otherworld' - and the
closely related spirits of the dead, which together conjure the
excitement of all things otherworldly. Daemons and spirits are
generally defined in Egyptology as creatures not of this world,
which do not have their own cult centre, and both groups are
frequently listed together in protective spells. This volume
explores the general nature of daemons and spirits in ancient Egypt
and discusses a selection in more detail: it uses artefacts from
Wales's important collection of Egyptian objects at the Egypt
Centre at Swansea University, in which are to be found a dwarf
daemon with sticking out tongue; several guardian daemons of the
Otherworld; creatures who are part snake and part feline; spirits
of deceased humans; and a Greek satyr Silenus, companion to the
wine god Dionysus.
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