Books with title Myths and Legends: Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egyptian Legendsby M. A. MurrayIN this book I have retold the legends of the Gods of ancient Egypt, legends, which were current in the "morning of the world," preserved to the present day engraved on stone and written on papyri. I have told them in my own way, adhering strictly to the story, but arranging the words and phrases according to the English method; retaining, however, as far as possible the expressions and metaphors of the Egyptian. In some cases I have inserted whole sentences in order to make the sense clear; these are in places where the story divides naturally into several parts, as in "The Battles of Horus," and "The Regions of Night and Thick Darkness"; where each incident, so like the one preceding and the one following, is kept distinct in the mind of the reader by this means. This repetition is quite in accordance with the style of Egyptian literature.

Excerpt from Ancient Egyptian LegendsThe object of the Editors of this series is a very definite one. They desire above all things that, in their humble way, these books shall be the ambassadors of good-will and understanding be tween East and Westwthe old world of Thought and the new of Action. In this endeavour, and in their own Sphere, they are but followers of the highest example in the land. They are confident that a deeper knowledge of the great ideals and lofty philosophy of Oriental thought may help to a revival of that true spirit of Charity which neither despises nor fears the nation of another creed and colour.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Margaret Alice Murray (1863-1963) was a prominent British anthropologist and Egyptologist. She was well known in academic circles for scholarly contributions to Egyptology and the study of folklore which led to the theory of a pan-European, pre-Christian pagan religion that revolved around the Horned God. Margaret Murray's reputation as a witchcraft historian is poor, and she is criticized by contemporary historians (such as Ronald Hutton) because of her demonstrated tendency to subjectively interpret or otherwise manipulate evidence to conform to her theory. Her theories are acknowledged to have significantly influenced the emergence of Wicca and reconstructionist neopagan religions. Her works include: Saqqara Mastabas (1904), Elementary Egyptian Grammar (1905), Elementary Coptic Grammar (1911), Egyptian Sculpture (1930) and Egyptian Temples (1931).