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Through a glass darkly : magic, dreams & prophecy in ancient Egypt / editor, Kasia Szpakowska ; contributors, John Baines [and others].
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Swansea : Classical Press of Wales ; Oakville, CT : Distributed in the US by David Brown Book Co., 2006.
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1 online resource
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Available Online
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Magic
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Egypt
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Dreams
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Egypt
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Prophecy
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Magic
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Culture
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Egypt
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Social life and customs
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To 332 B.C.
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Szpakowska, Kasia Maria
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Baines, John, 1946-
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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Tomorrow is yesterday / Kasia Szpakowska
Display of magic in Old Kingdom Egypt / John Baines
Corn-mummies, amulets of life / Maria Centrone
Emergent flints / Carolyn Graves-Brown
The end is near / Leonard H. Lesko
Heka, dreams, and prophecy in ancient Egyptian stories / Alan B. Lloyd
On puns and divination: Egyptian dream exegesis from a comparative perspective / Scott B. Noegel
Lucian's tale of The sorcerer's apprentice in context / Daniel Ogden
Sinuhe's dreaming(s): the texts and meanings of a simile / Richard B. Parkinson
A black cat from the right, and a scarab on your head: new sources for ancient Egyptian divination / Joachim F. Quack
The dreams of the twins in St. Petersburg / John Ray
'And each staff transformed into a snake': the serpent wand in ancient Egypt / Robert K. Ritner
A lost dream episode / Anthony Spalinger
Entangled, connected or protected?: the power of knots and knotting in ancient Egypt / Willeke Wendrich.
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ISBN
9781910589526 ((electronic bk.))
1910589527 ((electronic bk.))
OCLC
994108094
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