The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians eBook

E. A. Wallis Budge
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 349 pages of information about The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians.

The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians eBook

E. A. Wallis Budge
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 349 pages of information about The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians.

Cairo, 4, 15, 169
Cake for journey, 17
Cakes, 19
Calf, sucking, 14
Canopus, 112
Caravans, 119
Carnelian, 238
Cataract, first, 73, 83, 116
Cedar, oil of, 18
  wood of, 185
Champollion, J.F., 37, 92
Charcoal, 6
Charms, 41
Chattering, 229
Cheops, 25, 27
Children of Horus, 220
Christianity in Egypt, 39
Christians, Egyptian, 7, 68
Circuit of Great Circuit, 109
City of Amen, 220
 —­Eternity, 161
Cleopatra, 183
Coffins, inscribed, 4
Collar, 16
  amulet of, 43
Coming forth by day, 43
Company of gods, the great, 218
Conspiracy, 254
Copper, 114
  sulphate of, 6
Coptos, 113, 136
Copts, 7, 68
Cord for land measuring, 85
Cord-master, 22
Cow-goddess, 73, 74
Cow, the celestial, 74
Creation, story of, 67 ff. 
Crocodile-god, 175
Crocodile of W.E.S. and N., 57
  —­waxen, 25-7
  seizes a servant, 35, 36
  transformation into, 43
  spells against, 42
Crocodilopolis, 124
Crown, the Double, 80
  the Red, 23
  the White, 23, 215, 216
Crusher of bones, 53
Cush, 102, 142
Cymbals, 33
Cyprus, 108, 194

Dance, 134
Dancing women, 33
Darkness, 68
Daughters of Nile-god, 220
Day, 17
  right eye of Ra, 220
Days, lucky and unlucky, 253
Dead hand, 224, 244
  —­the blessed, 244
Death, 234
  god of, 14, 43, 154
  messenger of, 229
  the second, 43, 44
Decapitation, 43
Deceit, 46, 47
Deeds, good, 230
Dekans, the Thirty-Six, 46, 62
Delta, 39, 44, 57, 77, 79, 81, 82, 92, 102, 105, 117, 128, 237,
       245, 254
Demotic writing, 1
Der al-Bahari, 146
Destiny, 220
Dhir, 185, 186
Diligence, 227
Diocletian, 97
Disk, 165, 200
Dissection, 252
Documents, legal, 7
Dog-god, 15
Dog-star, 20, 24
D’Orbiney, 196
Double, the, 11, 16
Drafts, 7
Drunkard, 228, 229
Dwarf, 91
  dancing, 133
Dyer,252

Earth-god, 22, 24, 44, 47, 69
Earth Serpent, 221
  —­the wife of Ra, 220
East, Souls of, 43
Ebers, Dr. G., 252
Ebony box, 26
  —­paddles, 28
Ecclesiasticus, 224
Edfu, 77, 78, 82
Egypt, invasion of, 116 ff.
  wisdom of, 2
Eight gods, 120
Eileithyiaspolis, 43, 47, 140
Elephantine, 83, 102, 128, 130, 132, 165
Elephants’ tusks, 212
Elysian Fields, 40, 41, 42, 45
Embalmment, ritual of, 247
Endowments, 254
Enemies in Tuat, 42
Enemy, Serpent, 47
Envoy, 251
Erman, Prof.  E., 25
Euphrates, 108
Eusebius, 98
Evening Boat, 48
Evil, god of, 2
Executioner of Osiris, 43
Eye of Horus, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 24,
  the two eyes, 17
  —­of Khepera, 70
  —­of Ra, 46, 55, 72, 223
  —­of Nebertcher, 69
Eye paint, 13, 212
Eyes of Ra, 248

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