2.1 Hell: Views of the Underworld in Egypt

Meet the Gods:
http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/egyptian-mythology.php

OGDOAD
http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/egyptian-mythology.php?deity=OGDOAD

Brazier
http://www.egyptianmyths.net/brazier.htm

Ammit devours the Hearts that are heavier than the feather of Ma'at.
http://www.egyptianmyths.net/ammut.htm

The Doctrine Of Eternal Life:
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/egipto/egypt_bookdead/bodead-06-eternal-lif...

Egyptian book of the Dead:
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/egipto/egypt_bookdead/bodead-index.htm#indice

An amateur scholar's translation of the Book of the Dead:
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/egipto/ani/default.htm

Confession of Maat:
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%27at

The judgment, from the papyrus of the scribe Hunefer. 19th Dynasty:
http://www.egyptarchive.co.uk/html/british_museum_35.html


Questions to ask:
How have deities roles and attributes changed in modern religions?

What influence did Egyptian religion have on Hebrew, Greeks, Romans,and their theologies?

How did theses other theologies influence Egyptian views?
Extra Credit: How are these three places alike and how are they different.

Sheol
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?letter=S&artid=614

Hades:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades

Amentet
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/amentet.htm

Correction: The Tibetan Book of the Dead also deals with afterlife and Judgment. I was wrong about what the text fully contained. Here is a Judgment scene from that text that some my find interesting :
http://www.summum.us/mummification/tbotd/book2.shtml

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[deedee51342]

WOW!! that is scary

[llstevej]

Another interesting vid wayman.