The cosmic side of Otherness: Nun, borders, and the Bas of the four cardinal points
The Book of Nut and four cryptographic texts devoted to the Bas of the four cardinal points, included in the Book of the Day and the Book of the Night, offer some hints, though laconic, on the way ancient Egyptians imagined the regions immediately beyond the cosmos. These hints to a geography of the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Morcelliana
[2018]
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Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Year: 2018, Volume: 84, Issue: 1, Pages: 50-64 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nutbuch
/ Egypt (Antiquity)
/ The Other
/ Cosmology
/ Religious geography
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| Further subjects: | B
Otherness
B Bas of the Cardinal Points B Nun B Nuns B Book of Nut B Ba dei punti cardinali B Cosmologia B Cardinal points B Other (Philosophy) B Libro di Nut B Cosmology B Alterità B Cryptography |