Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods

By D. Meeks - C. Favard Meeks, Christine Favard-Meeks, Dimitri Meeks

Book Overview

This is the first English translation of a highly appealing volume originally published in French in 1993. Informed by a sense of wonderment at divine doings, it treats the ancient Egyptian gods as if... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0712665153
• ISBN13: 9780712665155
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Pimlico
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent introduction to egyptian mythology

This is a very readable introduction that allows the reader to know not only the mythical stories about the gods but also its relation to ancient egypt culture and politics, and the conceptions that egyptians themselves had about them.

Intriguing approach makes for a wonderful treatment...

As both an Egyptologist and student of the Egyptian religion, I found this book a welcome addition to my library as well. By presenting the "gods" as a family and writing the book as if they were studying a group or tribe of everyday mortals, much information is gleaned about the structure and organization of Egyptian religion and its expression that can be missed in more lofty, philosophically or theologically-oriented texts. Where else can you read about the bodily functions of a divinity? Bravo to the Meeks' for adding a "foundation level" to our understanding of this most beautiful faith structure.

most original book on Egyptian religion to date

I am an Egyptologist, and I have read the manuscript of the English translation. This book is filled with a wealth of details missing from the other general books on Egyptian religion. It is my opinion that those wishing to read just one book on this subject will now have to read two: one of the other books, and this one