Transforming into a Swallow: Coffin Text Spell 294 and Avian Behaviour

Coffin Texts Spell 294 describes the transformation of the deceased into a mn.t -bird. Examination of the passage from a lexical, mythological, and geographical perspective have highlighted the bird’s solar and Hathoric associations, but additional layers of meaning are revealed when textual referen...

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Authors: Cooper, Julien (Author) ; Evans, Linda (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2015
In: Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde
Year: 2015, Volume: 142, Issue: 1, Pages: 12-24
Further subjects:B barn swallow
B Coffin Texts
B Magic
B bird
B animal behaviour
B Mythology
B funerary literature
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