Religion:Celestial Ferryman
| Celestial Ferryman | |
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 drawing of the Celestial Ferryman based from the Papyrus of Ani | |
| Other names | Hraf-haf, Ma-haf |
The Celestial Ferryman is the modern name of an Ancient Egyptian god. the god has multiple names, all with similar meanings, the two most common of which being Hraf-haf and Ma-haf which roughly translates to He whose face is behind him and He who sees behind him respectively.[1]
Mythology
The Celestial Ferryman plays the role of a Psychopomp who helped guide souls through the waters of the underworld into the Field of Reeds and was said to be rude and ill-tempered.[2] The Celestial Ferryman was also one of the Assessors of Maat where was said to come from the "Cavern of wrong" and judged the sin of copulating with a boy.[3]
Appearances
The first known mention of the Celestial Ferryman is in the Pyramid Texts of the Old Kingdom where he is called Ma-haf and a guard of Osiris, he later Appears in the Coffin Texts of the Middle Kingdom where he is once again called Ma-haf and guards Osiris.[1]
The Celestial Ferryman is first physically depicted in the Book of the Dead of Ani, here he is drawn as a man sitting in a boat with his head facing backward, in accordant with his descriptive name[4]
Works cited
- Wilkinson, Richard H. (2003). The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05120-8. https://archive.org/details/completegodsgodd00wilk_0.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Radwan, Radwan (November 2016). "The Celestial Ferryman in Ancient Egyptian Religion". JOURNAL OF The General Union OF Arab Archaeologists 1 (1): 126-165. https://jguaa2.journals.ekb.eg/article_3902_c72fcef93bfa3c4f39b9e8ec4b8e0a29.pdf.
- ↑ Mark, Joshua (18 January 2012). "The Forty-Two Judges". https://www.worldhistory.org/article/185/the-forty-two-judges/.
- ↑ Wilkinson 2003, pp. 84
- ↑ Wilkinson 2003, pp. 104
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