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of their own making, A book I picked up years ago because it sounded interesting was Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green, At long last, I finished reading it this week, The prologue explains the ancient civilization was “the most selfcontained of all the countries of the ancient world it lived its own life, practiced its own religion and made up its own stories”

First conquered by the Greeks, and then the Romans, many of Egypts stories were lost.
Those that survived were hidden in its hieroglyphs, rediscovered in more modern times, The stories in this collection were carved on tablets or painted on papyrus by Egyptians or preserved by Greek historians,

But all were recorded by or for the pleasure of the ruling class, and reflect their narrow perspectives, There are peasants included, but none rise above their station unless gifted with uncommon beauty or prophesy, The slaves who built the great pyramids and temples pass through unseen,

These stories and fables provide a fascinating glimpse into ancient Egyptian history and culture as perceived by those who benefited most, A single line repeated again and again throughout the stories and reigns, the first words uttered in the presence of a Pharaoh, “Life, health, and strength be to you!” speaks volumes.
its a good book having many entertaining stories and gives you a glimpse about pharaohs, how they lived and what they believed in So, Roger Lancelyn Green was in The Inklings.
Who knew sitelinkThe Inklings, right That literary group C, S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien were in With a bunch of other people everybody forgets Well, Roger Lancelyn Green was in it at least according to the "Author File" in the back of the Puffin book.
And Wikipedia Of course, a little more internet sleuthing said sitelinkhe wasn't a member, but rather someone who was friends with other Inklings, and occasionally attended their meetings.


Also, he was the first one to read the Narnia series, And give it the name "The Chronicles of Narnia, " Dang it, sounds like a member to me,

I've taught Ancient Egypt to middle school students for years now along with Ancient Mesopotamia, The Ancient Indus, Ancient China, . . You know, the big ones, But there's so little time, we can't really delve into it, So: pyramids, mummies, Nile, pharaohs, hieroglyphs and we're out,

And that's sad, because Egypt lastedyears, Four THOUSAND. I mean, U. S. History teachers get bent out of shape because their students don't know about the sitelinkXYZ Affair or the sitelinkTeapot Dome Scandal, Can you imagine how the public school teachers in Ancient Egypt must have felt All those little Egyptian kids screwing around all the time at their desks.
Putting a baby crocodile on the teacher's chair,

Four thousand years of continuous civilization, Counting the Greeks and kindof counting the Romans, . . Not counting the Arabs. Sorry, guys.

So, I'm a little bit shaky on some of my Ancient Egypt knowledge, I'd never been required to read any of their myths, so I hadn't, Or at least, I'd read very few, I knew about the gods, and could have listed several: who they are, what they did, But I didn't really know the stories,

And the stories are fascinating,

I'd be interested in seeing a more direct translation now that I've read this for several reasons,

First, there's so much that overlaps with Biblical narrative, In the story, Ra and his Children, for instance so much seemed similar to Genesis, The creation of the world, separating night from day, creating man and woman, . . People rebelling against Ra and "did evil in his sight, worshipping the dragon of darkness, . . "

I mean, there are some differences, in the Bible when the people turn evil God saves them with an ark, In Ancient Egypt, Ra saves them with beer, . . so there's that

Here's another one, from the story "The Land of the Dead," and humans are being judged, Among the things they say at judgement: "I have given bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, clothing to the naked and a boat to him who could not cross the River.
. . " This is very similar to Christ's discussion of the judgement in sitelinkMatt,.

And later in the same story, we hear of sitelinkApophis the snake, the "eater of souls" who dwelt in "the Pits of Fire.
" Yeah, sounds familiar. I've been told not to be afraid of anyone who can kill me, but I should be afraid of sitelinkthe One who can destroy both my soul and body in Hell.


And Christ did spend some time in Egypt, right sitelinkRight Now, I'm not claiming Christ is taking Egyptian belief and turning it into some sort of JudeoEgyptian syncretistic religion, or anything like that.
I'm sure others have already said that, I'm just saying I found it interesting, and I'd also be interested in reading the direct translations,

Ok, here's one more from the story, "The Taking of Joppa, " The Egyptians are up in Palestine, trying to get Joppa and the governor says, "I swear to Jahwah, my god, that you shall be second only to myself in this new kingdom which we shall carve out of.
. . dat da dat da daaa, . . " Did the Ancient Egyptian texts reference Jahwah Or did Green add that to the story to give it an extra sense of veracity And if he added that, did he add the other stuff A quick search tells me he didn't add everything.
But still, interested.

Side note, that Jahwah part reminded me of Indiana Jones, "But in the Latin alphabet, sitelinkJehovah begins with an "I, "

As for the book, and the myths: I found them fascinating, I'll probably read them again sometime soon, And I may give one or two to my class to read, Don't let the cover fool you, though, This would be a challenging read for a good many middleschool students, Here's a sentence from the first page of the introduction, "The first Greek historian, whose works survive, Herodotus, visited it in aboutBC and found that only priests could still read the ancient hieroglyphs in which inscriptions had been carved or written on the monuments since the days when Menes, the first historical Pharaoh, united the 'Two Lands' in aboutBC.
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Or this one: The natural conditions in any land are often to a large extent responsible for its religious beliefs, the form its civilization takes, and the stories that evolve into its literature.


So, I might not go into buying this book thinking it will definitely be worth having your students read it, But for the teacher who is unfamiliar with the myths of Ancient Egypt, it's a great intro, Una forma muy ligera para que gente de cualquier edad haga un primer acercamiento a la mitología egipcia, Es curioso ver como los cuentos populares y las aventuras clásicas son prácticamente iguales independientemente de la cultura que las cuente, I bought this book ages ago, but only just picked it up in August because I have a paper on Ancient Egypt this semester, and I thought it would be a fun idea to read this parallel to my coursework.
This is a delightful collection of stories that have been collected from papyrii and tomb inscriptions, and is a window into the lives of people from a civilization that flourished foryears and was already ancient before the birth of Christianity.
The stories are narrated in such a manner that one feels transported to the world of the Ancient Egyptians, where gods and men lived side by side.
What was particularly fascinating to me was the tale about Helen of Troy, What is known the world over as an ancient Greek adventure purportedly had an Egyptian dimension to it, if the story is to be believed.
Interestingly, one of the tales is also reminiscent of the popular children's story 'Cinderella', From the perspective of a history student, this book was highly entertaining and informative as it helped throw light on the mentality of an ancient civilization while at the same time honouring the shroud of exotica that surrounds it.
Anybody who has any interest in history or mythology will definitely enjoy this book thoroughly,
”Life, health, strength be to you!”

Although originally written for much younger readers, even as an adult I found Roger Lancelyn Greens Tales of Ancient Egypt charming.
The classic collection is reminiscent of Bullfinchs Mythology providing a wonderful introduction to the gods, goddess and mythology of old Egypt, While time must have stolen many of the pantheons tales, this collection is far richer than expected with stories not just of deities, kings and cosmology, but peasants, thieves and princesses.
Despite being hundreds if not thousands of years old, the stories remain remarkably accessible, clever in many respects, and open a wonderful window into the civilization on the Nile.


My favorite tales include the legend of Isis and Osiris, Two of the principle deities of the pantheon, the lovers story is essential to understanding Egyptian mythology and echoes with themes and imagery that can be found in other religious stories.
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the Land of Dead seems to presage Dantes Inferno as the magician and his father pass through the realms of the Duat or afterlife to find Ibisheaded Thoth weighing the worth of souls against a feather on scales of gold.


Past the tales of the gods are the tales of magic and adventure which range from the outright domestic such as the wonderful stories of The Peasant and the Workman and The Treasure Thief which emphasize the cleverness of commoners who are able to outsmart misfortune and rise to prominence.
The Taking of Joppa anticipates the Trojan Horse while The Story of the Greek Princess would be in todays comicspeak an outright retcon of some of the finer points of Homers Iliad, illustrating that even among ancient cultures, stories were traded and embellished by tellers.
The book ends with The Girl with the Rosered Slippers, one of the earliest versions of the archetypal Cinderellastory, in which a divine eagle absconds with the slipper of a slavegirl and drops it into the lap of a king.


While the books introduction teases the source of these remarkable stories, the history buff in me begged for a bit more detail on the archeological origins of these tales and at some point Ill probably go digging for a bit more sophisticated critique.
To publisher Puffins credit, however, they did offer a nice thumbnail biography of R, L. Green in the back of the book, A contemporary of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, Green is credited with encouraging Lewis to finish the first Narnia book after Tolkien poopooed it,

It seems kismet then that Green, a scholar so enraptured by the folklore of ancient peoples, should himself be instrumental in nurturing Narnia, one of our most beloved modern fantasy tales.

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