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Dark_Meryetamun_28 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 18, 2004 6:54 am

I'm looking for a good Egyptian mythology book to read. Any suggestions? I'm thinking about .

banned · Joined:Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:28 pm Posts:282

My First Book Book About Egypt En La Espanol.

Si-amun · **Posted:** Thu Aug 19, 2004 3:59 pm

For a start it is el Espanol in Castillian and therefore proper Spanish, not la Espanol. Perhaps you are thinking of la lengua.
I found the book "Legends of the Egyptian Gods" by E.A. Wallis Budge to be amazing. You read the legends in their own translation, it also has the legends in modern English, the Legends in Hieroglyphic script and notes on the sources of the hieroglyphs. Brilliant book. It costs $9.95, or it did when I bought it in Cairo.

PharoahKel · **Posted:** Sun Aug 29, 2004 1:21 pm

Ramsekh · Joined:Mon Aug 02, 2004 5:53 pm Posts:746

mary500 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2004 5:36 pm

I have the one you are thinking about reading and really like it. It has a lot of info on even the minor deities

Psusennes I · Joined:Thu Sep 09, 2004 9:00 am Posts:912 Location: England

Mary, I'm not sure exactly how legal this is but the whole of E.A Wallis Budge's book "Legends of the Egyptian Gods" (recommended by Si-Amun) is online at:

http://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/leg/

Budge's books tend to be quite dated, although he certainly knew what he was talking about. My big book that I use for normal Egyptological reference has quite a good Mythology section- "Ancient Egypt" by Lorna Oakes and Lucia Gahlin.

Si-amun · **Posted:** Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:14 am

Si-amun · **Posted:** Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:15 am

Ramsekh · Joined:Mon Aug 02, 2004 5:53 pm Posts:746

I have Budge's Book of the Dead. I wanted to print it out on printer paper with papyrus image that I found a couple years ago but I can't find it anymore.

Si-amun · **Posted:** Tue Sep 14, 2004 12:14 pm

Yes, I bought the Book of the Dead by him about a month ago and I still think it is one of my best purchases with regards to books. I find Budge to be so concise and proper, it is good to know that he has missed nothing at all of any relevence. Sometimes it appears long winded, but I think it carries a weight of authority that most books do not share.

Ramsekh · Joined:Mon Aug 02, 2004 5:53 pm Posts:746

You bought it? From where?

Si-amun · **Posted:** Tue Sep 14, 2004 12:44 pm

I bought it in a huge Borders shop in Lakeside (a huge retail park just outside London). It was in a big yellow cover with a icture of Anubis on the front.

Ramsekh · Joined:Mon Aug 02, 2004 5:53 pm Posts:746

I wonder if Barnes and noble would have it. Since they have more of a variety of Egypt books than Borders here.

Si-amun · **Posted:** Tue Sep 14, 2004 3:48 pm

Where is here for you? Are you American. I am guessing so becuse I have hardly heard of Barnes and Noble over here. Borders was fantastic for books by Budge when I went looking, they had his hieroglyphic reading books, Ancient Egyptian Literature Volumes I - III, Legends of the Egyptian Gods and the Book of the Dead.