Mahaf
| Mahaf in hieroglyphics | |||||||
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Mahaf M33ḥ3f The one looking behind |
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Mahaf is the ancient Egyptian name of a sky deity. According to the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead , the heavenly ferryman Mahaf brings the souls of the dead on a boat made of papyrus through windy waters into the Duat .
The death ship is under the care of the god Cherti , who spends most of the time sleeping at the helm. Mahaf is also the herald of the king , when facing the sun god Re occurs.
See also
literature
- Hans Bonnet : Lexicon of the Egyptian religious history . Nikol, Hamburg 2000 ISBN 3-937872-08-6 , pp. 333-334.
- Rainer Hannig : Large Concise Dictionary Egyptian-German: (2800-950 BC) . von Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-8053-1771-9 , p. 1237.
- Wolfgang Helck , Eberhard Otto : Lexicon of Egyptology, Vol. 2: Harvest Festival - Hordjedef . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1978, ISBN 3-447-01901-8 , Sp. 86.
- Richard H. Wilkinson : The world of the gods in ancient Egypt: Faith, power, mythology . Theiss, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8062-1819-6 , p. 104.
Individual evidence
- ^ Rainer Hannig: Large Concise Dictionary Egyptian-German . P. 1237.