Festival calendar of the king
The ancient Egyptian festival calendar of the king (also king festivals , renewal festivals ) only included processions that served to confirm and renew the reigning ruler.
background
Determination and renewal
The priesthood only marked the festivals as royal festivals, which were exclusively for the reigning ruler:
| Ceremonial rites | Content provisions |
|---|---|
| Divine legitimation | After the coronation only as a written reference to the divine election, without a celebration. |
| Destiny of the king | The reigning king determines his successor. Rare: Determination by oracle of God . |
| Accession Festival | The designated successor takes over the throne. |
| Coronation feast | The owner of the throne receives the throne name and the crown after his predecessor's funeral . |
| Unification festival in the coronation festival | Symbolic union of Upper and Lower Egypt . |
| Daily renewal | The king appears every morning with Re . |
| Royal Coronation Festival | As an annual renewal after completion of a solar path with the start of a new cycle. |
| Min-Fest | Royal Renewal and Confirmation Festival. |
| Sokar festival | Royal Renewal and Confirmation Festival. |
| Neheb-kau festival | Royal renewal, confirmation festival with New Year's character. |
| Valley Festival | New Kingdom : Royal Renewal and Confirmation Festival. |
| Amun Re festival | New Kingdom: Royal Renewal and Confirmation Festival. |
| Opet festival | New Kingdom: Royal Renewal and Confirmation Festival. |
| Sed festival | Royal Renewal and Confirmation Festival. |
| Death of the king | Burial by his designated successor and conversion to the Duat as the son of Osiris . |
Cult of the dead and festivals of the gods
Feasts of the dead , on the other hand, did not belong in the area of royal festivals and basically differed in their festive character. The same applies to ceremonies that were organized for deities and were not directly related to the ruling king.
See also
literature
- Rolf Gundlach, Matthias Rochholz (ed.): Feste im Tempel (= Egypt and Old Testament. Volume 33, 2 = files of the Egyptological temple conferences. Volume 2). 4th Egyptological Temple Conference, Cologne, October 10-12, 1996. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1998, ISBN 3-447-04067-X .
- Erik Hornung , Elisabeth Staehelin: New studies for the Sedfest (= Aegyptiaca Helvetica. Volume 20). Schwabe, Basel 2006, ISBN 3-7965-2287-4 .
- Siegfried Schott : Altägyptische Festdaten (= Academy of Sciences and Literature. Treatises of the Humanities and Social Sciences Class. (AM-GS). 1950, Volume 10, ISSN 0002-2977 ). Publishing house of the Academy of Sciences and Literature and others, Mainz and others 1950.