CLAA05H3 Lecture 4: Lecture 4 Notes
19 Dec 2018
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Lecture 4: egyptian gods and the underworld: ma"at: the goddess and the concept of order in the universe, symbolized with a feather, osiris myth: Isis mourns osiris" death, cutting her hair, and begins her search for him: osiris is rumored to be in the great cedar forest of byblos, however, the king of byblos had it cut down to create a pillar. Isis proceeds to hide osiris" coffin in the dessert: one day, as seth is boar hunting if finds the dead body of osiris. He decides to cut osiris" body into 14 pieces and scatters it. Isis and nephthys decide to gather all 13 pieces of the total 14 pieces and assembles osiris by hovering over in her bird form for 9 months. Isis becomes pregnant after the resurrection: horus is born, considering that osiris was resurrected he cannot resume position as ruler of. Egypt; rather, he becomes the ruler of the underworld.
