EGYPTIAN TALES - 6 Ancient Egyptian Children's Stories E-Book

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• Herausgeber: Abela Publishing
• Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Within this small book you will find six distinctive folk tales from the ancient land of Egypt translated and edited by that giant of Egyptology – W. M. Flinders Petrie (1853 – 1942). Petrie was a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and preservation of artefacts, so we can be sure when he was translating these tales he took care to arrive at the correct translation.Herein you will find the Tales Of The Magicians, Baufra's Tale, Hordedef's Tale, The Peasant And The Workman, The Shipwrecked Sailor and The Adventures Of Sanehat - each with their own set of explanatory remarks and notes appended to the story. Prior to this volume being published in 1899, the tales of ancient Egypt had appeared collectively only in French.The aim of the 22 BnW illustrations, by Tristram Ellis, has been to give a correct picture of the character of each of the various ages to which these tales belong, for there is a definite period assigned to each tale. For each drawing Flinders Petrie searched for the material among the monuments and remains of the age in question – no easy task. The details of the dresses, the architecture, and the utensils, are all in accord with the period of each tale. In the tale of Setnau two different styles are introduced. Ahura is probably of the time of Amenhotep III., whereas Setnau is a son of Ramessu II.; and the change of fashion between the two different dynasties has been followed as distinctive of the two persons, one a ka or double of the deceased, the other a living man.So, whether you’re an academic or someone simply interested in the ancient stories of Egypt, sit back and enjoy this excellent volume of tales. 

Leseprobe

EGYPTIAN TALESIVth TO XIIth DYNASTY, FIRST SERIES, SECOND EDITION

Translated From The Papyri

And Edited By

W. M. Flinders Petrie,

D.C.L., LL.D.., PH.D., HON. F.S.A. (SCOT.)

Illustrated By

Tristram Ellis

Originally Published

London

[1899]

Resurrected By

Abela Publishing, London

[2013]

Egyptian Tales

Typographical arrangement of this edition

©Abela Publishing 2013

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2013

Printed Edition

ISBN-13: 978-1-909302-34-1

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Frontispiece:

The Steward And The Wax Crocodile

Acknowledgememts

The Publisher acknowledges the work that

W. M. Flinders Petrie

did

in compiling and editing this collection of

Egyptian Tales

in a time well before any electronic media was in use.

* * * * * * *

33% of the net profit from the sale of this book

will be donated to the

Egypt Exploration Society

for their ongoing work in Egypt.

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMEMTS

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

EGYPTIAN TALES

INTRODUCTION

TALES OF THE MAGICIANS

BAUFRA'S TALE

HORDEDEF'S TALE

THE PEASANT AND THE WORKMAN

THE SHIPWRECKED SAILOR

THE ADVENTURES OF SANEHAT

INDEX

Illustrations

Frontispiece

The steward and the wax crocodile

Zazamankii finding the jewel

Hordedef leading Dedi to the ship

Dedi enchanting the duck

The Goddesses and Khnumo coming to Ra-User

The Goddesses hiding the crown