GODDESS MAFDET IN EGYPTIAN PYRAMID TEXTS (Bogini Mafdet w egipskich tekstach piramid)

• Authors: Antoniewicz Adrian
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The main aim of the paper is an attempt to analyse the function of the goddess Mafdet in the Pyramid Texts, the earliest corpus of ancient Egyptian religious texts. Her role in the Egyptian religion seems to be underestimated. The reason for that is her marginal appearance in the documents later than the Old Kingdom. However, an examination of the spells from the Pyramid Texts, where Mafdet is mentioned, allows us to assume that in the Third Millennium B.C. she belonged to the group of deities most closely associated with the king.

Keywords

EN

EGYPT; MAFDET; OLD KINGDOM; PYRAMID TEXTS; SNAKE

Discipline

• OTHER_SOCIAL_SCIENCES: OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Orientalistyczne
• Journal: Przegląd Orientalistyczny
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 3-4 (230-231)
• Pages: 138-143
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Antoniewicz Adrian

• Adrian Antoniewicz: Uniwersytet Warszawski, ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26.28, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA082018