Egyptian Mythology Explained - Quality History

Want to learn the truth about what the ancient Egyptians actually believed about themselves, the world, and the gods?


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Today you will learn several amazing things about Egyptian mythology including…


What scholars actually mean when they use the word mythology.

What function the Egyptian gods had in Egyptian mythology.

How the ancient Egyptians worshiped the gods.

The pharaoh rejected the mythological worldview in favor of the worship of one single god called Aten.


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 Sources.

Egypt and the Egyptians(Douglas J. Brewer and Emily Teeter, 2007).

Akhenaten and the religion of light(Erik Hornung, 1995).

Vincent Arieh Tobin, “Mythological texts”, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt.