Sacred topography of Egypt: location of Duat in funerary literature
https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2019-4-51-67
Abstract
The article deals with a problem of descriptions of the sacred topography in Ancient Egypt and location of the Netherworld in this theological system. The main sacral texts differ in the description of the location of the Netherworld. However, its remoteness, isolation, secrecy and disconnection from other “parts of the world” can be seen in all sources. If we turn to the analysis of the structure and morphemes of the word Duat, denoting the Netherworld, its meaning can be defined as “very distant place”, which is not seen and where not to get an ordinary person in life. This is the other side of the visible world; the world where the gods have gone and where the great mystery of the resurrection takes place.
About the Author
N. V. Lavrentyeva
I.V. Tsvetaev Educational Art Museum RSUH
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nika V. Lavrentyeva, Cand. of Sci. (Art Studies)
bld. 15, Chayanova str., Moscow
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Lavrentyeva N.V. Sacred topography of Egypt: location of Duat in funerary literature. Studia Religiosa Rossica: Russian Journal of Religion. 2019;(4):51-67. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2019-4-51-67
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