Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt Book

	Chronology
1	Introduction	1
	What Is a Myth?	1
	Myth and Geography	2
	History and the Sources of Egyptian Myth	4
	Protodynastic (Dynasty 0) and Early Dynastic Periods (Dynasties 1-2): c. 3200-2686 B.C.E.	5
	Old Kingdom (Dynasties 3-6) and First Intermediate Period (Dynasties 7-11): c. 2686-2055 B.C.E.	8
	Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period (Dynasties 11-17): c. 2055-1550 B.C.E.	12
	New Kingdom (Dynasties 18-20) and Third Intermediate Period (Dynasties 21-24): c. 1550-747 B.C.E.	19
	Late Period and Ptolemaic Period (Dynasties 25-30 and the Ptolemies): 747-30 B.C.E.	31
	Roman Period: 30 B.C.E.-395 C.E.	40
	Post-Pharaonic Egypt	45
2	Mythical Time Lines	57
	Linear Time	57
	Cyclical Time	89
3	Deities, Themes, and Concepts	99
	Aker	99
	Akhet	99
	Ammut	100
	Amun (Amon, Ammon, Amen)	100
	Anat (Anath, Anta)	102
	Andjety (Anedjeti)	102
	Anti (Anty)	103
	Anubis (Anpu, Inpw)	104
	Anuket (Anukis)	105
	Apis	105
	Apophis (Apep)	106
	Arsaphes	108
	Ash	108
	Astarte (Ashtarte)	108
	Aten (Aton)	109
	Atum (Atem)	111
	Baal	112
	Babi (Baba)	112
	Baboons	113
	Banebdjedet (Banebdjed)	114
	Bastet (Bast, Boubastis, Pasht)	115
	Bat	117
	Bata	117
	Benu Bird (Phoenix)	117
	Bes and Beset	118
	Birds	120
	Boats	121
	Cattle	123
	Crocodiles	126
	Djed Pillar	127
	Ennead of Heliopolis	128
	Eye of Ra	128
	Eyes of Horus	131
	Feline Deities	132
	Geb	135
	Hand of Atum	136
	Hapy (Hapi)	136
	Hathor (Hwt-hr)	137
	Hatmehyt	139
	Heh Gods	139
	Heka (Hika)	139
	Heqet (Heqat, Hekat)	139
	Heryshef (Arsaphes, Harsaphes)	141
	Hippopotamus Goddesses	141
	Horemakhet (Harmachis)	143
	Horus (Hor)	143
	Horus the Child (Harpokrates, Harpocrates)	146
	Hu	147
	Ihy	148
	Imhotep (Imouthes)	148
	Ipet (Opet)	149
	Isis	149
	Iusaas	152
	Khentamentiu (Khentamenti)	152
	Khenty-Khety	152
	Khepri (Khepry, Khopri)	152
	Khnum (Chnum)	153
	Khonsu (Khons, Chons)	155
	Kings and Princes	156
	Lotus	158
	Maat (Ma'et)	159
	Mafdet	161
	Magicians	161
	Mahes (Mihos)	163
	Mehet-Weret (Mehurit, Methyer)	163
	Mehit (Mehyt, Mekhit)	164
	Meretseger	164
	Meskhenet	164
	Min	164
	Montu (Mont, Month)	165
	Moon	166
	Mut (Mout)	168
	Nefertem (Nefertum)	169
	Nehebkau	169
	Neith (Neit)	169
	Nekhbet	170
	Nemty	171
	Neper (Nepri)	171
	Nephthys	171
	Nun (Noun, Nu)	172
	Nut (Nout)	173
	Ogdoad of Hermopolis	175
	Onuris (Anhur, Inhur, Inhert)	177
	Osiris	178
	Pakhet	180
	Primeval Mound	180
	Primeval Ocean	181
	Ptah	181
	Ra (Re, Pre)	182
	Raet-Tawy (Raiyet)	185
	Ra-Horakhty	185
	Renenutet (Ernutet, Hermouthis, Thermouthis)	185
	Satet (Satis) and Anuket (Anukis)	186
	Sekhmet (Sakhmet)	187
	Serqet (Serket, Selkis)	189
	Seshat (Sechat)	190
	Seth (Set, Sutekh)	191
	Seven Hathors	194
	Shai (Shay)	194
	Shed	195
	Shentayet	195
	Shezmu	195
	Shu (Schu, Chou) and Tefnut (Tefenet)	195
	Sia and Hu (Hw)	198
	Snakes	198
	Sobek (Suchos)	200
	Sokar (Soker, Sokaris)	202
	Sons of Horus	204
	Sopdet (Sothis)	205
	Sopdu (Sopedu, Soped)	205
	Sothis	206
	Souls of Pe and Nekhen	206
	Sphinx	206
	Stars and Planets	207
	Tatjenen (Tatenen)	209
	Taweret (Tweret, Taurt, Thoeris)	209
	Tayet	209
	Tefnut	209
	Thoth	209
	Two Ladies	211
	Wadjyt (Wadjet, Ouadjet, Uto)	213
	Wepwawet (Upwaut)	213
	Weret-Hekau	214
	Wosret	214
4	Egyptian Myth: Annotated Print and Nonprint Resources	215
	Print Resources	215
	Nonprint Resources	224
	Glossary	227
	App.: Primary Sources	233
	Index	239
	About the Author	257