Nové mýty o starých bozích. Ze stěn pohřební komory kněze Iufay
New myths about ancient gods. Texts from the walls of the burial chamber of priest Iufaa
Research Article
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/100837Identifiers
ISSN: 1801-3899
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- Číslo 20 [9]
Issue Date
2018Publisher
Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakultaSource document
Pražské egyptologické studie (Prague Egyptological Studies)Periodical publication year: 2018
Periodical Volume: 2018
Periodical Issue: 20
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/Keywords (Czech)
Abusir, Iufaa, Pozdní doba, mýtus, náboženské texty, rituál, had, uroborosKeywords (English)
Abusir, Iufaa, Late Period, myth, religious texts, ritual, snake, uroborosThe study focuses on four hitherto unknown mythological
texts that accompany the text of the Royal purification
ritual on the northern wall of the burial chamber of
the shaft tomb of Iufaa at Abusir. These include a text
describing the appearance and functions of the Hayshesh
sea serpents, a cosmogony involving the uroboros, a myth
of the glorifier of the Nun and an aetiological myth of
the origin of divine awe. These texts further illustrate the
nature of the sacred “library” that Iufaa accumulated in
his tomb and elucidate the meaning of the originally royal
purification ritual that adorns the northern and part of the
eastern wall of Iufaa’s burial chamber.