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Ancient Egyptian Creation Stories

Ancient Egyptian Creation Stories. Limitations. I. Egypt in Academia Ancient Egypt did not exist 200 years ago Invasion Assyrians 671 BCE Persians 525 BCE Greeks 331 BCE Romans 30 BCE Napoleon 1798 CE Rosetta Stone (1799) Jean-Francois Champollion. Limitations. II. Nature of Sources

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Ancient Egyptian Creation Stories

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  1. Ancient Egyptian Creation Stories

  2. Limitations • I. Egypt in Academia • Ancient Egypt did not exist 200 years ago • Invasion • Assyrians 671 BCE • Persians 525 BCE • Greeks 331 BCE • Romans 30 BCE • Napoleon 1798 CE • Rosetta Stone (1799) • Jean-Francois Champollion

  3. Limitations • II. Nature of Sources • Historical • Young to Academia • Years to Produce Accurate Translations • The Nature of the Text • Archaeological • WHY STUDY IT?

  4. The Environment • The Importance of the Environment • Sun • Air • Water • Earth • Sky • Environmental Determinism (E.D.)

  5. HELIOPOLITAN COSMOGONY • Re-Atum gave birth to Shu (dry air) and Tefnut (moist air) • Who then gave birth to Geb (earth) and Nut (sky) • Who then gave birth to Osiris, Isis, Seth, and Nephtys

  6. The Ennead • The Divine Pedigree of the Pharaoh at the Mythical Level • Re-Atum • Shu (dry air) and Tefnut (moist air) • Geb (earth) and Nut (sky) • Osiris, Isis, Seth, and Nephtys • [Horus] King on Earth

  7. The Story of OSIRIS • Osiris, Isis, Horus, and Seth

  8. HERMOPOLITAN COSMOGONY • Nun [primeval waters] and Naunet • Huh [eternity] and Hauhet • Kuk [darkness] and Kauket • Amun [air] and Amaunet • These deities guaranteed the flow of the Nile and the rising of the Sun • Cosmic egg as source of life (from Ibis of Thoth) • Lotus flower (multiform) on island opened to reveal Ra, who then created the world

  9. Memphite Cosmogony • Focus on Ptah • Ptah was, in fact, Nun (a state of nonexistence prior to creation), who begat a daughter, Naunet, by whom he fathered Re-Atum • Ptah brought everything into existence by his thoughts and words

  10. THEBAN COSMOGONY • From Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak • Amun-Ra created all gods and humankind • In multiform, Khnum modeled men and women on the potter’s wheel

  11. Significance of Cosmogonies • Better Understand Ancient Egypt • Politics • Society • Culture • Spiritual • Economy • Self-Perception

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