The Pyramid Texts Spell 219 as forerunner of the relationship Re-Osiris in the New Kingdom Books of the Netherworld

  • Mariano Bonanno Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/ILUR.57407
Keywords: pyramids, Re, Osiris, regeneration, ritual, liturgy.

Abstract

The corpus of Pyramids Texts expresses in different ways the means by which the pharaoh achieved the transfiguration and integrated himself into the world of the gods. There are numerous references relating the deceased with Osiris, in direct form or indirectly. Among them, the contents of PT 219 reach the most significant degree given the large number of references to Osiris and his circle, integral theological tenor of osirian recomposition, and the references to geography related to Osiris, among others. This study intends to analyze carefully the PT 219, framing the relationship between the Pharaoh and Osiris in the context of a larger liturgy. Then, and as conclusion, I seek to explain how this declaration can be a direct antecedent of the relationship of Re and Osiris in the New Kingdom Books of the Netherworld.

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Published
2017-10-03
How to Cite
Bonanno M. (2017). The Pyramid Texts Spell 219 as forerunner of the relationship Re-Osiris in the New Kingdom Books of the Netherworld. ’Ilu. Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones, 22, 29-51. https://doi.org/10.5209/ILUR.57407
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Vol. 22 (2017)
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