RELG 201 Lecture 13: RELG 201 lecture 13

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 201
• Professor: Eric Bellavance

Document Summary

Egyptian religion cont"d: mentuhotep ii: responsible for the reunification of egypt in middle kingdom period, transfers the capital in another city (to thebes) Impacts religion because god of thebes becomes very important- shift in power: second intermediate period (1785-1550): egypt will be invaded for the first time- foreigners bring new gods with them. One dynasty in the north (memphis-capital), one in the south (thebes-capital: god in memphis= ptah. Created the universe by thinking about creating it- something in his heart. Mentuhotep"s horus name is changed 3 times, last one= the one who united the 2 lands . **very different from mesopotamian kings: another name = nebty name (the 2 ladies), mentuhotep statue: Only wearing one crown- should have 2 because he united both lands. Wearing red crown instead of white: propaganda- coming from south, had to conquer the north: nekhbet: represented by a vulture. Wadjet: wearing red crown from the north, represented by a cobra.