Ancient Egypt Flashcards
From the book of the dead: Where does the speaker want to descend to?
Land of Eternity
From the book of the dead: What is the point/main idea/ name of the chapter of this prayer
Not letting the body perish
Who wrote the Adoration of the Disk?
King Akhenaten and Princess Nefertiti
What does the narrator say about the houses in the Adoration of the Disk?
The houses are like tombs
What are the only things that move at night in the Adoration of the Disk?
The Lions and the Serpent
What is the disk in Adoration of the Disk?
The Sun
When the sun rises, what is Akhenaten’s overall feeling?
He loves and worships the sun
In Kingswater Canal, where is the speaker going/what are they attending?
Downstream to the Sun festival
In Kingswater Canal, who is the speaker hoping to see
“My (their) truelove”
What is the speaker going to use for a fan in Kingswater Canal
A branch
What is an unguent?
ointments/perfume
Who is the sun festival worshipping (Lord of both lands) in Kingswater Canal
The Sun god Ra
Who does the speaker compare themselves to in Kingswater Canal?
A princess, a bride, a splendid lady
In Whenever I Leave You, I Go Out Of Breath, what does the heart do?
Stands still and speaks clear
In Whenever I Leave You, what word describes the heart?
Stuttering
In Whenever I Leave You, how would the datecakes taste?
“Would be salt to me now”
In Whenever I Leave You, what would pomegranate wine taste like?
Bitter as birdgall
In the Osiris myth, Osiris becomes God of the ____
underworld
In the Osiris myth, what does Osiris rule?
The fertile lands (Egypt)
In the Osiris myth, what does Set rule?
Desert lands
In the Osiris myth, how does Set kill Osiris twice?
Osiris is trapped in a coffin and pushed into the Nile, and then chopped into 16 pieces
In the Osiris myth, on the shores of what ancient city does Osiris’ coffin wash up?
Byblos
In the Osiris myth, what type of tree does the coffin turn into?
A tamarisk tree
In the Osiris myth, who traveled across Egypt to find Osiris’ body parts
Isis and Nephthys
