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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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| 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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