Gammelegyptisk religion Saphinaz-Amal Naguib
Predynastisk tid ca fvt Arkaisk tid (1.-2- dynasti) ca fvt Det Gamle Riket (3.-6. dynasti) ca fvt Første Mellomtid ( dynasti) ca fvt Mellomriket (12. dynasti)ca fvt. Annen Mellomtid ( dynasti) ca fvt Det Nye Riket ( dynasti) ca f Tredje Mellomtid ( dynasti)ca fvt Sentiden ( dynasti) ca fvt Perserneca fvt Makedonerne og Ptolemeerne ca fvt Romerne ca. 30 fvt-395
Ordet for menneske er remet. Menneskets materielle former: - Kroppen (khet) ; Mumien (sah) Hjertet (ib): sete for tanken, senteret for følelser, forstand, tanke, mot, glede, hukommelse og samvittighet. Immaterielle/ åndelige former: - navnet (ren) - ka: individets livskraft og genetiske arv - Ba : selvet og individets minne - Akh: lysvesen
"In their constantly changing nature and manifestations, the Egyptian gods resemble the country's temples, which were never finished and complete, but always "under construction" (Erik Hornung, Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt, The One and the Many, 1982, [1971], p.256)
"For the Egyptians the world emerges from one, because the nonexistent is one. In his work of creation the creator god differentiates not only the world but also himself. From one emerges the duality of "two things" and the diversity of the "millions" of created forms. God divided, creation is division... The divided elements are interdependent, but remain divided so long as they are existent. Only return to nonexistence fuses what is divided and once more annuls differentiation" (Erik Hornung, Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt, The One and the Many, 1982, [1971], p. 253)
Enneaden i Heliopolis (Iunu) Atum Shu = Tefnut Geb = Nut Isis = Osiris ?=? Nephthys = Seth Horus Anubis
8 guddommer: 4 kvinnelige (slanger); 4 mannlige (frosker) Nun og Naunet: urvannet Heh og Hehet: det uendelige rom Kek og Keket: mørket Amun og Amunet: det usynelige; det ukjente