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Title: Egyptian Myths (Legendary Past Series) by George Hart ISBN: 0-292-72076-9 Publisher: University of Texas Press Pub. Date: 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: not what I expected
Comment: In buying this book I was hoping to get an idea of the stories in Egyptian mythology since I knew little about it. I was disappointed however because the author spends too much time in my opinion on the origins for learning the myths rather than the actualy stories. He goes into great detail describing the temples and shrines that the actual glyphs were found in. He even goes to the lengths of telling what museum some of these artifacts can be found in. While this is also an interesting subject, in buying a book entitled Egyptian Myths I was really hoping just to learn what they were.
Rating: 5
Summary: an excellent introduction to the subject of mythology
Comment: Written by one of the most prominent and eminent Egyptologists of the modern era, this book covers, amongst others, creation myths and relates in vivid and colourful detail the myths of Horus and Seth, Isis and Osiris, together with the ever-popular myth of kingship, the myth of cataclysm, and Isis and the scorpions. The book examines closely renowned Ancient Egyptian books, such as The Book of Am-Duat, the Book of Caverns, and The Book of Gates, with the express aim of providing the visual and textual backdrop to the myths. Imhotep, the architect of the Third Dynasty pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, features prominently in the mythology of ancient Egypt. Hart captures eloquently the life and history of Imhotep, as well as the construction and perpetuation of his divinity status in later times. These historical and mythological perspectives make, along with amusing stories such as *The Shipwrecked Sailor* and *The Tale of Two Brothers*, for absorbing and informative reading.
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Title: Mesopotamian Myths (Legendary Past Series) by Henrietta McCall ISBN: 0292751303 Publisher: University of Texas Press Pub. Date: 1990 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Persian Myths (Legendary Past Series) by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis ISBN: 0292711581 Publisher: University of Texas Press Pub. Date: 1993 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Greek Myths (Legendary Past Series) by Lucilla Burn ISBN: 0292727488 Publisher: University of Texas Press Pub. Date: 1990 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Roman Myths (Legendary Past Series) by Jane F. Gardner ISBN: 0292727682 Publisher: University of Texas Press Pub. Date: 1993 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Ancient Egyptian Myths and Legends by Lewis Spence ISBN: 0486265250 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 January, 1991 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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