This paper consists in the exploration of ancient Egyptian literary sources from the Old Kingdom ... more This paper consists in the exploration of ancient Egyptian literary sources from the Old Kingdom to the Graeco-Roman Period dealing with divine death. First of all, a distinction between death by violence and natural death is necessary and, in regard to the latter, the possibility of gods growing old is discussed. Next to Osiris – the dead god pas excellence – and the sun god, the instances of other gods are examined and they are in particular those of Apophis, Seth, Shu, Geb, Horus, the Ogdoad, the Ennead of Edfu, and the ancestor gods of Esna. Besides, additional evidence deals with unnamed gods, minor gods, gods in general and gods as a whole. According to the context, divine death might be referred to more or less indirectly by means of euphemisms and periphrases, but, in other instances, even slightly more explicitly. Grammar forms, along with some of the terms employed, prove that divine death was conceived as something real by the Ancient Egyptians. In this regard, the themat...
This paper consists in the exploration of ancient Egyptian literary sources from the Old Kingdom ... more This paper consists in the exploration of ancient Egyptian literary sources from the Old Kingdom to the Graeco-Roman Period dealing with divine death. First of all, a distinction between death by violence and natural death is necessary and, in regard to the latter, the possibility of gods growing old is discussed. Next to Osiris – the dead god pas excellence – and the sun god, the instances of other gods are examined and they are in particular those of Apophis, Seth, Shu, Geb, Horus, the Ogdoad, the Ennead of Edfu, and the ancestor gods of Esna. Besides, additional evidence deals with unnamed gods, minor gods, gods in general and gods as a whole. According to the context, divine death might be referred to more or less indirectly by means of euphemisms and periphrases, but, in other instances, even slightly more explicitly. Grammar forms, along with some of the terms employed, prove that divine death was conceived as something real by the Ancient Egyptians. In this regard, the themat...
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