About the book: 1940 / Myths of ancient Egypt are of exceptional interest not only for the history of Egyptian religion. They are a necessary source for studying the entire culture of Egypt. The use of mythological material is inevitable both when studying individual issues of Egyptian history, especially its most ancient periods, and for understanding a number of problems of Egyptian art. This work provides translations of all the main Egyptian myths that have come down to us in more or less complete literary records. It seemed to the author, however, inappropriate to cite such tales, the texts of which are overloaded with a mass of magical formulas or theological reasoning and which are of interest only to a narrow circle of specialists. http://fb2.traumlibrary.net