Egyptian Gods: The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt (A Concise Guide to the Ancient Gods and Beliefs of Egyptian Mythology)

This book is loaded with stories of the lives of the ancient Egyptians, their gods, and some of the greatest myths in antiquity. The gods played an important role in people’s lives; you might be surprised to see how much they impacted everyday life!

On every page of this book, you will find yourself on an exciting journey to one of the most influential kingdoms in history.

Inside you will read about...

• A timeline for ancient egypt
• Historical egypt
• The myth of creation
• The pantheon of gods
• Mythology in day to day ancient egypt
• The central role of the temple and some temple rituals
• Sources of the history of egyptian mythology
• The underworld and life after death
• Pyramids and their locations

A great number of african folktales have been transmitted orally from person to person down through the ages, but since the nineteenth century, many stories have been written down and transmitted to audiences beyond the boundaries of the cultures that created them. One important—and tragic—conduit for the transmission of these stories beyond african shores was the european slave trade.

Captured africans who were brought to the americas and the caribbean fought to keep alive what they could of their home cultures, and this included their folktale traditions.