Ancient Egyptian demonology : studies on the boundaries between the demonic and the divine in Egyptian magic /
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Format: Book
Language: English
Published:
Leuven :
Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies,
2011.
Series:
Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta ;
175.
OLA ;
175.
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Call Number: DS1 .O7 v.175
Table of Contents:
- •Introduction •The Demonic Lore of Ancient Egypt: Questions on Definition •Opening Greeting to the Demonology Symposium on Rhodes •Part I. Demons and Personification •An eternal curse upon the reader of these lines (with apologies to M. Puig) •Faeces of the creator or the temptations of the dead •Demons in the dark: nightmares and other nocturnal enemies in ancient Egypt •Masking and multiple personas •Demons as reflection of human society •Part II. Magic and the Cosmicization of the World •Egyptian magic in Greek literature •Between order and disorder: a case of sacred philology •Remarks on Egyptian rituals of dream-sending •Some aspects of magic in ancient Egyptian medicine •Bibliography •Index