Alexandra von Lieven

Das Göttliche in der Natur erkennen. Tiere, Pflanzen und Phänomene der unbelebten Natur als Manifestationen des Göttlichen

Apart from the well-known sacred animals (like e.g. the Apis bull) a concept of divinity not only of animals but of animate and inanimate nature in general can be documented for Ancient Egypt. This concept is typically tobe found in scientific writings and lists rooted in the priestly and intellectual elite milieu. In an appendix, the hieratic pBerlin 29027 is edited. On its recto, it contains a list of trees and associated gods.

Father of the Fathers, Mother of the Mothers. God as Father (and Mother) in Ancient Egypt

Within the context of divine parenthood, different concepts can be discerned: a creator deity as caring father or mother of the universe with all its gods and humans, deities as parents of the king, deities as parents of divinized human beings and deities as parents of other deities. This chapter treats the aspects relevant to humans, considers parenthood of gods towards other gods as a mythological element as it is relevant for the relationship of gods and humans in one way or the other. Several different deities were credited by the Egyptians with being the creator. Most commonly, the sun god in his form as Re or Atum is the creator and first god. The king as son of the gods as an important part of the royal ideology is well-known in Egyptology. With this also, comparisons with the Christian concept of Jesus as son of god have been drawn. Keywords: ancient Egypt; deities; divine parenthood; sun god

Von Göttern und Gesteinen. Zur Interpretation dreier bemerkenswerter Kultobjekte im Tempel von Tôd

Im Jahre 2003 erschienen der zweite und dritte Band der Edition der Reliefs und Inschriften des ptolemäisch-römischen Tempels von Tôd. Darin sind insbesondere die Krypten von Interesse, da sie statt der relativ standardisierten Opfertableaus Darstellungen der ursprünglich in ihnen aufbewahrten Kultbilder enthalten. Solche Darstellungen sind auch aus anderen Tempeln, etwa aus Dendara, bekannt. Sie zeigen das Objekt, in der Regel eine Statue, wobei eine Beischrift den Namen der Gottheit oder des heiligen Gegenstandes angibt, gefolgt von einer Materialund Größenangabe. Der besondere Wert solcher Auflistungen liegt darin, dass man einen Einblick in den jeweils lokalspezifischen

Book of the Dead, Book of the Living: BD Spells as Temple Texts

Several temples, both of the New Kingdom as well as of the Graeco-Roman period, contain spells from the Book of the Dead among their decoration. The present paper gathers all the attestations and discusses their significance in a temple context. This leads to new insights on the origins and meanings of the respective spells in general.Several temples, both of the New Kingdom as well as of the Graeco-Roman period, contain spells from the Book of the Dead among their decoration. The present paper gathers all the attestations and d...

Seth ist im Recht, Osiris ist im Unrecht!

In the myth of Osiris, Seth is presented as a villain murdering from greed for power. The question arises whether the cult centres of Seth shared this negative view of their main deity or whether they had their own version of what had happened. In this paper it is argued that indeed they had a differing version of the myth where it was actually Osiris that wronged Seth by committing adultery with Nephthys.

Kleine Beiträge zur Vergöttlichung Amenophis I. I. Amenophis I. auf Schildförmigen Mumienamuletten

Dans la premiere partie des Kleine Beitrage, quelques amulettes de bois de la 20e dynastie sont publiees, dont la plupart pour la premiere fois, et leur fonction est discutee. Dans un appendice, une amulette de Shed est presentee comme comparaison.

Die Theologie der Türeinfassung Kairo JDÉ 48832-3

Cet article contient une traduction et une discussion des textes graves sur deux montants de porte trouves dans une maison privee a Medinet Habou. Ces textes sont particulierement interessants pour leur organisation qui tient compte de certaines conceptions theologiques. De plus, ils citent trois epithetes divines uniques, traitees ici.