CLAA05H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Tefnut, Ancient Egyptian Concept Of The Soul, Close Embrace
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The ka was a person"s double created at birth together. Has a human form, the soul that inhabits your tomb after death: make use of the tomb furniture and offering, visited by family and given offering. Symbolized by 2 upraises arms on the ka"s head. Able to leave the tomb by day. The ba and ka should be able to come back. Is the spirit of the dead that travels to live in the star. Some akhu died like sun and moon and some were immortal. Tefnut: shu"s sister and wife, personification of life-giving dew and moisture, sometimes identified as the left eye of horus, depicted as a lioness or with the head of a lion wearing the solar disk and the uraeus. Geb: the earth, thought to be the son of shu and tefnut, geb and nut were always in close embrace ra displeased with this told shut p separate them.
