Egyptian Legends and Stories [Paperback]

M.V. Seton-Williams (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0948695080 | ISBN-13: 978-0948695087 | Publication Date: January 1, 1998

Ancient Egypt has a rich tradition of stories and proverbs, recorded by scribes. This book raises these stories from the dust, and presents obscure ancient texts in a readable form. The selections date from the Old Kingdom to medieval times, the majority being based on religious themes. There are many surprising new texts here, but some of the themes seem familiar: the creation myth of Memphis theology is similar to the bible while 'The Capture of Joppa' is an older version of 'Ali Baba'.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Rubicon Press (January 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0948695080
• ISBN-13: 978-0948695087
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,528,782 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars best buy for students interested in ancient Egyptian stories, December 9, 2000

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Francesca Jourdan (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Egyptian Legends and Stories (Paperback)

This interesting book provides English translations of several ancient Egyptian texts, including a few hard-to-find stories. Written in a clear style, the tales are easily read and understood. Among the stories found are the Story of Osiris; the Destruction of Mankind by Re; the Capture of Joppa; the Sphinx and the King's Dream; the Tale of Two Brothers; the Famine Stela; the Landing of Noah's Ark; the Doomed Prince; as well as stories concerning the creation of the world. This is a book which accurately relates the most important ancient Egyptian tales. Illustrated in black and white, it is most useful for students.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This book will turn you into an Atheist:, May 11, 2008

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BlackJack21 "BlackJack21" (Connecticut/USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Egyptian Legends and Stories (Paperback)

It's comical how secret-societies (mystery-schools) claim that they control all the divine secret truths when in reality if you have a little background information on Egyptian mythology, you'll quickly discover most of the allegorical riddles that they (Freemasons and Rosicrucian's) claim to obtain aren't really hidden at all. The truism is these so-called mysteries are right in plain view for everyone to envisage and learn about if you care to, and M. V. Seton-Williams paves the way for you to quickly achieve that goal.

And after reading this short and concise book you'll probably envisage a stark elucidation that the Bible is nothing more than myths/allegories and should be treated as such, but if you are truely religious then I don't suggest jumping the gun.

Some scholars believe that Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are nothing more than rehashed Egyptian myths/tall tales/allegories (a.k.a) sun worship, and this book will lead you to that conclusion also.

A case in point: author, M. V. Seton-Williams introduces several creation stories that were found on ancient papyruses (such as Papyrus 10188 at the British Museum), and guess what...one of the stories features the deity Ptah (Ta-tenen) creating the world, which this allegory is identical to the story told in the book of "Genesis." Moreover, most of the symbolisms of Freemasonry and the Catholic Church are in this book along with the myths behind those symbols. So, if you are religious then be prepared to have your world turned upside down because this book will make you ponder long and hard about what you believe in.

To sum up, "Egyptian Legends and Stories" is a great book to familiarize you with the first Gods of civilization such as Osiris, Isis (his sister and wife,) Seth god of the sunset and both Osiris and Isis' brother, Thoth the moon god, plus Re the Sun deity.

There are plenty of stories to start your journey for knowledge, and it's these very allegories that are what the occult, freemasonry and all modern religion is based upon.
"Egyptian Legends and Stories" is a great reference book for conspiracy theorist trying to ascertain what the mystery-schools consist of.

I also highly recommend:

Margaret Bunson's "The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt."
And
The Museum of Fine Arts of Boston's book "Pharaohs of the Sun."