The Complete Encyclopedia of Egyptian Deities: Gods, Goddesses, and Spirits of Ancient Egypt and Nubia

by Tamara L. Siuda PhD, Normandi Ellis (Foreword by)

Overview

The Only Resource on Egyptian Deities You'll Ever Need

Discover ancient Egypt, how its deities were worshipped, and how people still honor them today with this innovative and extensive encyclopedia. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda presents comprehensive profiles of more than one hundred Egyptian gods, goddesses, demigods, and other divine beings, including:

Amun and Amun-Ra • Anat and Astarte • Antinous • Anubis • Apedemak • Bes • The Four Sons of Horus • Geb • Hapy • Hathor • Heka • Horus • Imhotep • Isis • Khepera • Khnum • Khonsu • Ma’at • Mandulis • Mut • Nefertem • Neith • Nephthys • Nut • Osiris • Ptah • Ra • Sekhmet • Serqet • Set • Sobek • Taweret • Thoth • Wadjet • Wepwawet

Exhaustively researched and featuring modern devotional perspectives that are rarely covered in other works, this premium book provides descriptions and illustrations of famous and lesser-known Netjeru (deities) as well as guest gods from Nubia, Libya, and the Levant who became part of the Egyptian pantheon. Each entry includes a remarkable cache of information, including the deity's personality, forms and symbols, relatives, name in hieroglyphs, festivals, worship areas, and more.

From Bast to Harmachis (the spirit that resides in the Giza Sphinx), this book contains everything you would ever want to know about studying and celebrating Egyptian spirituality. A culmination of Dr. Siuda's lifelong devotion to the Netjeru, The Complete Encyclopedia of Egyptian Deities will be a cherished addition to your library for years to come.

Includes a foreword by Normandi Ellis, author of Awakening Osiris and The Union of Isis and Thoth

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738770796
Publisher:	Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Publication date:	04/08/2024
Pages:	872
Product dimensions:	8.41(w) x 10.31(h) x 1.75(d)

About the Author

Dr. Tamara L. Siuda has been studying and writing about Egypt for more than twenty-five years and holds advanced degrees in Egyptology, Coptology, and religion. She has published multiple books and academic articles on Egyptian topics, including The Ancient Egyptian Prayerbook, The Hourly Vigil of Osiris, and The Ancient Egyptian Daybook.

Dr. Siuda has lectured to academic and public audiences at various conferences and museums. She also appeared in a documentary about the Egyptian Book of the Dead on the History Channel. In 1989, Dr. Siuda founded the modern practice of ancient Egyptian polytheism called Kemetic Orthodoxy. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Visit her at TamaraSiuda.com.

Normandi Ellis is an Egyptian scholar, arch-priestess of the Fellowship of Isis, and Spiritualist minister. She has authored more than a dozen books including the spiritual classic, Awakening Osiris (Red Wheel, 2009), which features translations from the hieroglyphs found in the Book of the Dead. Normandi is also an astrologer and certified clairvoyant medium. Visit her at NormandiEllis.com.

Table of Contents

Contents

Foreword xiii

Introduction 1

How to Use This Book 5

Ancient Sources for CEED 21

PART I: THE NETJERU: THE DEITIES OF EGYPT

PART II: LIBYAN AND LEVANTINE GUEST DEITIES

PART III: NUBIAN GUEST DEITIES

PART IV: NETJERI (LESSER DEITIES/DEMIGODS AND OTHER SPIRITUAL BEINGS)

Special Thanks 757

Appendix 1: Cities and Cult Centers 761

Appendix 2: Offerings 783

Appendix 3: Timeline of Egyptian Chronology 795

Appendix 4: Internet Resources 801

Glossary 805

Bibliography 827

Index 853

Editorial Reviews

"As well as containing a wealth of interesting, well-researched material, The Complete Encyclopedia of Egyptian Deities (CEED) is a standout-out contribution to both Egyptology and popular literature. In the introduction, Siuda addresses two issues relating to Egyptology and the book’s contents. Firstly, they note that the conventional academic Egyptology refers to the Egyptian Netjeru (the ancient word for plural Egyptian deities) in the past tense as somehow ‘unworthy of worship today’. Secondly, Siuda acknowledges Egyptology’s colonial past and continued de-centering of Egyptian voices in academic discourses about their own culture. Addressing these pitfalls, Siuda chooses to centre Egyptian Egyptological voices in the book citations, utilizing Egyptian knowledge and scholarship and directing readers to potentially unfamiliar authors. CEED also combines Siuda’s academic knowledge of ancient Egyptian and adjacent pantheons (gained through higher education degrees) with her own ‘time and experience as a devotee of these deities. . . . Siuda’s inclusion of modern receptions of ancient deities is rare for a publication focused on presenting academically sound information about their ancient past, as is the fact that it is written by a qualified expert and devotee; this is certainly a valuable and unique selling point. . . .CEED is an excellent resource and investment for those interested in the deities worshipped in ancient Egypt, whether they belong to a general audience, practicing Pagans, or are students of Egyptology.” –Pagan Dawn

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