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7chapter sevenRELIGIONStephen E. ThompsonIMPORTANT EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208TOPICSThe Gods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210Egyptian Myths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214Myth of Osiris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217Myths of Horus, Seth, and Amun. . . . . . . . . . . . 218Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220Animals in Egyptian Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221The King. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224Kingship Rituals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225Temple Architecture and Symbolism . . . . . . . . . . 227Temple Ritual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230Temple Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232Personal Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235Magic in Egyptian Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237Funerary Beliefs and Practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239The Egyptian Afterlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244SIGNIFICANT PEOPLEAkhenaten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247Amenhotep, son of Hapu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Imhotep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248DOCUMENTARY SOURCES . . . . . . . . . 249SIDEBARS AND PRIMARYDOCUMENTSPrimary sources are listed in italicsEvil in Instruction for Merykare (excerptfrom Instruction for Merykare concerningcreation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Clement of Alexandria on Egyptian Religion(a Christian <strong>the</strong>ologian comments onEgyptian paganism). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222Two Stele Describing Funerary Rites(description of ritualistic funeraryrites) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243205

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