"Legends of the Gods" by E. A. Wallis Budge is a selection of translated ancient Egyptian writings assembled to give insights into Egyptian culture. The book explores ancient Egyptian religion, mythology, and storytelling through different legends, revealing the views of an ancient civilization regarding the creation of the world, gods, and the afterlife. The text's opening gives the purpose of compilation and importance of these works, with explanations and accessible translations of seminal Egyptian writings, helping readers understand central parts of the ancient Egyptians' views through beliefs in gods like Ra and Isis, as well as events relating to creation and resurrection. The material reveals the nature of these myths by detailing the deep bonds between humanity and gods, highlighting the themes of life, death, and renewal through stories of its complex collection of deities.
Legends of the Gods The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations
By E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis) Budge
Explore the mesmerizing stories of gods and the mysteries of life and death from an ancient civilization.
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About the AuthorSir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. He made numerous trips to Egypt and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan on behalf of the British Museum to buy antiquities, and helped it build its collection of cuneiform tablets, manuscripts, and papyri. He published many books on Egyptology, helping to bring the findings to larger audiences. In 1920, he was knighted for his service to Egyptology and the British Museum.
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. He made numerous trips to Egypt and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan on behalf of the British Museum to buy antiquities, and helped it build its collection of cuneiform tablets, manuscripts, and papyri. He published many books on Egyptology, helping to bring the findings to larger audiences. In 1920, he was knighted for his service to Egyptology and the British Museum.
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