Thoth in the Pyramid Texts
Thesis title in Czech: | Thovt v Textech pyramid |
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Thesis title in English: | Thoth in the Pyramid Texts |
Key words: | Thovt, egyptské náboženství, Texty pyramid, egyptský panteon, starověký Egypt, Stará říše |
English key words: | Thoth, Egyptian religion, Pyramid Texts, Egyptian pantheon, ancient Egypt, Old Kingdom |
Academic year of topic announcement: | 2013/2014 |
Thesis type: | diploma thesis |
Thesis language: | angličtina |
Department: | Institute of Philosophy and Religious Studies (21-UFAR) |
Supervisor: | Mgr. Martin Pehal, Ph.D. |
Author: | hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept. |
Date of registration: | 24.10.2013 |
Date of assignment: | 24.10.2013 |
Administrator's approval: | not processed yet |
Confirmed by Study dept. on: | 06.11.2013 |
Date and time of defence: | 06.02.2015 10:00 |
Date of electronic submission: | 10.01.2015 |
Date of proceeded defence: | 06.02.2015 |
Submitted/finalized: | committed by student and finalized |
Opponents: | doc. Jiří Janák, Th.D. |
Guidelines |
The god Thoth was one of the major players in the Ancient Egyptian pantheon. Being worshiped as a lunar deity, god of scribes and learning, arbitrator in divine quarrels, vizier of the creator god and even as a creator god himself, Thoth is a multifaceted character with a complex role in Egyptian mythology. In many instances he acts as a mediating agent, helping to restore the unity of a universe divided by mythical struggle, in others he provides aid to his fellow deities, providing advice or otherwise intervening on their behalf.
While his role in later texts is mostly limited to one of secondary character, helping the various mythical protagonists in their endeavors, in older sources his activities are remarkably more varied and surprisingly ambivalent. The purpose of this thesis is to examine Thoth's significance in the oldest attested corpus of Egyptian religious documents, the Pyramid Texts, with particular regard to his role in the drama of Osiris' death and the subsequent divine succession crisis. To this end later funerary and mythical materials will also be cited, when necessary, to provide context to the somewhat fragmentary image of Thoth provided by the ritually oriented Pyramid Texts. |
References |
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