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" The complete gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt / "
Richard H. Wilkinson
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BL
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630232
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Wilkinson, Richard H
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The complete gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt /\ Richard H. Wilkinson
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256 pages :: 338 illustrations (some color), color map ;; 26 cm
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0500051208
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: 9780500051207
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-248) and index
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| Contents
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Rise and Fall of the Gods -- Birth of the Gods -- Rule of the Gods -- Decline of the Gods -- Nature of the Gods -- Forms of the Divine -- Manifestations of the Gods -- Egypt and Monotheism -- Worship of the Gods -- Care of the Gods -- Popular Religion and Piety -- Relationships with the Divine -- Kingship and the Gods -- Between Gods and Men -- Deceased and Divine -- Kingship Among the Gods -- The Catalogue of Deities -- Many Faces of the Divine -- Groups of Deities -- Male Anthropomorphic Deities -- Female Anthropomorphic Deities -- Mammalian Deities -- Avian Deities -- Reptile, Amphibian and Fish Deities -- Invertebrate and Insect Deities -- Inanimate Object Deities -- Epilogue: A Lasting Legacy
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"With hundreds of illustrations and specially commissioned drawings, this is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the deities that lay at the heart of Egyptian religion and society."--Jacket
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Gods, Egyptian
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Goddesses, Egyptian
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Mythology, Egyptian
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Egypt, Religion
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299/.31211
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BL2450.G6W56 2003
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