Item #66794 Seth, God of Confusion. A Study of His Role in Egyptian Mythology and Religion; Probleme der Ägyptologie. H. TE English VELDE, Mrs. G. E. Baaren-Pape, series Wolfgang Helck.
Seth, God of Confusion. A Study of His Role in Egyptian Mythology and Religion; Probleme der Ägyptologie
Seth, God of Confusion. A Study of His Role in Egyptian Mythology and Religion; Probleme der Ägyptologie

Seth, God of Confusion. A Study of His Role in Egyptian Mythology and Religion; Probleme der Ägyptologie

Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1977. Second Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xii + 168pp, xiipp plates. Original beige wrappers with black lettering, b&w illustrations and plates, list of works, index. The second edition of this scarce study of the Egyptian deity Seth. In Five Parts; Part I. The Name and the Animal of Seth: Chapter 1 The Name of Seth; Chapter 2 The Meaning of the Name Seth; Chapter 3 The earliest Known Representations of the Seth-Animal; Chapter 4 The Seth-Animal, Part II. Seth, the Enemy and Friend of Horus. Chapter I Seth and the Ennead; Chapter 2 The Disorders of Horus and Seth; Chapter 3 Seth and the Eye of Horus; Chapter 4 The Testicles of Seth; Chapter 5 The separation of Horus and Seth, Chapter 6 The Justification of Horus and the Reconciliation of Horus and Seth; Chapter 7 Remarks on the Origin and Historical Background of the Myth of Horus and Seth; Part III. Seth the Murderer of Osiris; Chapter I The Mythical Troubler of Order and the Ordering Myth, Chapter 2 The Murder of Osiris by Seth, Revealed and Concealed in the Symbolism of Water, Bull's Leg and Sceptre, Chapter 3 Seth as Demon of Death, Chapter 4 Seth as Sacrificial Animal and Bearer of Osiris; Part IV. Seth Repelling Apopis; Part V. Seth the Foreigner; List of Works Referred to in the Notes; Etc. Wrappers a very slightly darkened and lightly shelf worn, corners lightly bumped and creased. Overall a tight and unmarked better than VG copy. Item #66794
ISBN: 9004054022

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