The Knot in Examples of Religious Texts

<strong>The knot was one of the most important symbols in ancient Egyptian texts, including the Pyramid texts, coffin texts or the Book of the Dead. This paper looks closely at the knot in Ancient Egyptian texts. It signified a symbol of life, flourish and sovereignty in the pyramid and coffin...

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Autor principal:	Rania Abdel Aziz MAHMOUD
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Publicado:	Fayoum University 2019
Materias:	knot magical power pyramid texts coffin texts book of the dead amulets Auxiliary sciences of history C Archaeology CC1-960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:555fb491a47e47c082b74f6ff60b8de52021-12-02T08:52:58ZThe Knot in Examples of Religious Texts2356-87042536-995410.36816/shedet.006.04https://doaj.org/article/555fb491a47e47c082b74f6ff60b8de52019-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://shedet.journals.ekb.eg/article_88280_32e2278a50ef8bec7e90c812c90dd105.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2356-8704https://doaj.org/toc/2536-9954<strong>The knot was one of the most important symbols in ancient Egyptian texts, including the Pyramid texts, coffin texts or the Book of the Dead. This paper looks closely at the knot in Ancient Egyptian texts. It signified a symbol of life, flourish and sovereignty in the pyramid and coffin texts as well as The Book of the Dead. It also represents a symbol for the beginnings of life in the doctrines of creation in Ancient Egyptian believe. It appears in solar myths symbolizing the light of the sun and its daily cycle. For these reasons, the knot was used in amulets as a symbol of protection and conservation of the body.<br /></strong>Rania Abdel Aziz MAHMOUDFayoum Universityarticleknotmagical powerpyramid textscoffin textsbook of the deadamuletsAuxiliary sciences of historyCArchaeologyCC1-960ENShedet, Vol 6, Iss 6, Pp 58-73 (2019)
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description	<strong>The knot was one of the most important symbols in ancient Egyptian texts, including the Pyramid texts, coffin texts or the Book of the Dead. This paper looks closely at the knot in Ancient Egyptian texts. It signified a symbol of life, flourish and sovereignty in the pyramid and coffin texts as well as The Book of the Dead. It also represents a symbol for the beginnings of life in the doctrines of creation in Ancient Egyptian believe. It appears in solar myths symbolizing the light of the sun and its daily cycle. For these reasons, the knot was used in amulets as a symbol of protection and conservation of the body.<br /></strong>
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The Knot in Examples of Religious Texts

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