| What Is a Myth? 1 -- Myth and Geography 2 -- History and the Sources of Egyptian Myth 4 -- Protodynastic (Dynasty 0) and Early Dynastic Periods (Dynasties 1-2): c. 3200-2686 BCE 5 -- Old Kingdom (Dynasties 3-6) and First Intermediate Period (Dynasties 7-11): c. 2686-2055 BCE 8 -- Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period (Dynasties 11-17): c. 2055-1550 BCE 12 -- New Kingdom (Dynasties 18-20) and Third Intermediate Period (Dynasties 21-24): c. 1550-747 BCE 19 -- Late Period and Ptolemaic Period (Dynasties 25-30 and the Ptolemies): 747-30 BCE 31 -- Roman Period: 30 BCE-395 CE 40 -- Post-Pharaonic Egypt 45 -- 2 Mythical Time Lines 57 -- Linear Time 57 -- Cyclical Time 89 -- 3 Deities, Themes, and Concepts 99 -- Aker 99 -- Akhet 99 -- Ammut 100 -- Amun (Amon, Ammon, Amen) 100 -- Anat (Anath, Anta) 102 -- Andjety (Anedjeti) 102 -- Anti (Anty) 103 -- Anubis (Anpu, Inpw) 104 -- Anuket (Anukis) 105 -- Apis 105 -- Apophis (Apep) 106 -- Arsaphes 108 -- Ash 108 -- Astarte (Ashtarte) 108 -- Aten (Aton) 109 -- Atum (Atem) 111 -- Baal 112 -- Babi (Baba) 112 -- Baboons 113 -- Banebdjedet (Banebdjed) 114 -- Bastet (Bast, Boubastis, Pasht) 115 -- Bat 117 -- Bata 117 -- Benu Bird (Phoenix) 117 -- Bes and Beset 118 -- Birds 120 -- Boats 121 -- Cattle 123 -- Crocodiles 126 -- Djed Pillar 127 -- Ennead of Heliopolis 128 -- Eye of Ra 128 -- Eyes of Horus 131 -- Feline Deities 132 -- Geb 135 -- Hand of Atum 136 -- Hapy (Hapi) 136 -- Hathor (Hwt-hr) 137 -- Hatmehyt 139 -- Heh Gods 139 -- Heka (Hika) 139 -- Heqet (Heqat, Hekat) 139 -- Heryshef (Arsaphes, Harsaphes) 141 -- Hippopotamus Goddesses 141 -- Horemakhet (Harmachis) 143 -- Horus (Hor) 143 -- Horus the Child (Harpokrates, Harpocrates) 146 -- Hu 147 -- Ihy 148 -- Imhotep (Imouthes) 148 -- Ipet (Opet) 149 -- Isis 149 -- Iusaas 152 -- Khentamentiu (Khentamenti) 152 -- Khenty-Khety 152 -- Khepri (Khepry, Khopri) 152 -- Khnum (Chnum) 153 -- Khonsu (Khons, Chons) 155 -- Kings and Princes 156 -- Lotus 158 -- Maat (Ma'et) 159 -- Mafdet 161 -- Magicians 161 -- Mahes (Mihos) 163 -- Mehet-Weret (Mehurit, Methyer) 163 -- Mehit (Mehyt, Mekhit) 164 -- Meretseger 164 -- Meskhenet 164 -- Min 164 -- Montu (Mont, Month) 165 -- Moon 166 -- Mut (Mout) 168 -- Nefertem (Nefertum) 169 -- Nehebkau 169 -- Neith (Neit) 169 -- Nekhbet 170 -- Nemty 171 -- Neper (Nepri) 171 -- Nephthys 171 -- Nun (Noun, Nu) 172 -- Nut (Nout) 173 -- Ogdoad of Hermopolis 175 -- Onuris (Anhur, Inhur, Inhert) 177 -- Osiris 178 -- Pakhet 180 -- Primeval Mound 180 -- Primeval Ocean 181 -- Ptah 181 -- Ra (Re, Pre) 182 -- Raet-Tawy (Raiyet) 185 -- Ra-Horakhty 185 -- Renenutet (Ernutet, Hermouthis, Thermouthis) 185 -- Satet (Satis) and Anuket (Anukis) 186 -- Sekhmet (Sakhmet) 187 -- Serqet (Serket, Selkis) 189 -- Seshat (Sechat) 190 -- Seth (Set, Sutekh) 191 -- Seven Hathors 194 -- Shai (Shay) 194 -- Shed 195 -- Shentayet 195 -- Shezmu 195 -- Shu (Schu, Chou) and Tefnut (Tefenet) 195 -- Sia and Hu (Hw) 198 -- Snakes 198 -- Sobek (Suchos) 200 -- Sokar (Soker, Sokaris) 202 -- Sons of Horus 204 -- Sopdet (Sothis) 205 -- Sopdu (Sopedu, Soped) 205 -- Sothis 206 -- Souls of Pe and Nekhen 206 -- Sphinx 206 -- Stars and Planets 207 -- Tatjenen (Tatenen) 209 -- Taweret (Tweret, Taurt, Thoeris) 209 -- Tayet 209 -- Tefnut 209 -- Thoth 209 -- Two Ladies 211 -- Wadjyt (Wadjet, Ouadjet, Uto) 213 -- Wepwawet (Upwaut) 213 -- Weret-Hekau 214 -- Wosret 214 -- 4 Egyptian Myth: Annotated Print and Nonprint Resources 215 -- Nonprint Resources 224 -- Appendix Primary Sources 233. |
