Résultats pour "Anubis" dans Histoire

Long overshadowed, at least in books, by Egyptian goddesses such as Isis and Sekhmet, Larson's book focuses the spotlight squarely on the jackal-headed god. His book features history and mythology but is also a practical guide to working with Anubis now. It features devotional practices and modern worship that includes rituals, prayers/invocations, correspondences, altars, and epithets. The book leads the listener on a journey of exploration into all things Anubis, exploring his various facets.

Incomplete sections of the book of dead found in Ramesses’ tomb and the murder of a prominent tomb scribe sparks fears of the curse of Anubis in Deir el-Medina. While the lack of witnesses and a close-knit worker community hampers, Neti-Kerty and Shabaka’s investigation at a time when the whole of Thebes awaits the arrival of the pharaoh for the beautiful festival of the valley. When Neti starts to experience strange sensations and the pharaoh’s life is endangered it becomes evident that there is a larger, more sinister scheme to the events...

Anubis: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Egyptian God of the Afterlife looks at the god that had such a decisive impact on the Egyptians’ concepts of death and afterlife. You will learn about Anubis like never before.

Throughout Egyptian history, we see that gods who had once been favored were set aside or had their roles altered in order to make way for gods whose cults became more popular, while political changes, such as the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great, ushered in cultural and religious exchanges that both affected native Egyptian religious practices and also had an impact on the religious beliefs of Greece and Rome. Only a select number of deities and concepts are discussed here. Some of these are more well-known deities, while others might not be as familiar to modern listeners.

Erodoto, Platone, Plutarco e molti altri autori antichi hanno parlato dell’Egitto come della culla dell’ermetismo e la fonte di ogni segreto sapere. E a Ermete Trismegisto – che unisce in sé la natura del dio egizio Thot e quella del dio greco Hermes – è stata attribuita la nascita della scrittura e della stessa civiltà. Soprattutto a partire dal Rinascimento, e fino ai giorni nostri, questa immagine dell’Egitto ha esercitato una forte attrazione sullo spirito europeo: senza di essa non solo non sarebbero esistite la gnosi, l’alchimia, l’astrologia e altre scienze occulte, ma ...