Double spring crown
The double feather crown (also known as the hepti crown ) is an ancient Egyptian crown of gods whose mythological roots go back to the Old Kingdom .
Basic structure
The basic structure of the double spring crown corresponds to a double crown . The double crown resting on a straight ram's horn also has a double spring attached to the top.
In addition, the hepti-crown has an ostrich feather behind the double feather crown. In addition, there is a sun disk over the ram's horns. The double feather symbolized the two eyes of the gods.
Mythological connections
In the mortuary temple of Sahure , the deity Sopdu is depicted on a relief. Its feathers reach up to the sky, which is why the double feather crown can also be viewed as a heavenly crown.
In the Greco-Roman times in particular , the double feather crown played an outstanding role, as the child gods were directly related to it, who inherited the double feather crown from their divine parents in order to legitimize their claim to rule in heaven. The gods Behdeti and Hor-Behdeti received the Hepti crown in this context to justify their claim to leadership.
literature
- Dagmar Budde : "Who pierces the sky and unites with the stars". On the meaning and function of the double feather crown in iconography of the gods. In: Studies on Ancient Egyptian Culture. Vol. 30, 2002, ISSN 0340-2215 , pp. 57-102, JSTOR 25152860 .
- Christian Leitz u. a .: Lexicon of the Egyptian gods and names of gods . (LGG). Volume 2: ʿ - b (= Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta. Vol. 111). Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1147-6 , pp. 814-815.
- Christian Leitz among others: Lexicon of Egyptian gods and names of gods. (LGG). Vol. 5: Ḥ - ḫ (= Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta. Vol. 114). Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1150-6 , p. 253.