in ancient egyptian religion
121PYRAMIDS — ancient Egyptian monuments erected to bury and honor Kings and important individuals …
122PYRAMID TEXTS — ancient Egyptian religious texts written in HIEROGLYPHICS on the inner walls of PYRAMIDS dealing with funeral Rites, RITUALS, MAGICAL spells, PRAYERS, and other issues affecting the dead …
123ceremonial object — ▪ religion Introduction any object used in a ritual or a religious ceremony. Throughout the history of religions and cultures, objects used in cults, rituals, and sacred ceremonies have almost always been of both utilitarian and symbolic… …
124heka — ▪ Egyptian religion also spelled hike in ancient Egyptian religion, the personification of one of the attributes of the creator god Re Atum (Atum); the term is usually translated as “magic,” or “magical power,” though its exact meaning… …
125Mnevis — ▪ Egyptian god also called Menuis, Egyptian Nemur, Greek form of Merwer in ancient Egyptian religion, sacred bull deity worshipped at Heliopolis. As one of several sacred bulls in Egypt, he was most closely associated with the sun god …
126Buchis — ▪ Egyptian deity in ancient Egyptian religion, white bull with black markings, worshipped as a favourite incarnation of the war god Mont. He was represented with the solar disk and two tall plumes between his horns. According to Macrobius,… …
127HERMETIC LITERATURE — (Hermes Trismegistus) a series of GNOSTIC type writings probably dating from the second century which claimed an ancient Egyptian origin. Today they are appealed to by many NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS seeking to LEGITIMIZE themselves historically …
128KA — the psychic double of the individual which is born with them at their physical birth and which protects that person during life in ancient Egyptian thought …
