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The World of Egyptian Demons

64 points by benbreen 4y ago

soupfordummies 4y ago
I feel like I saw this exact same post with the same comments a couple days ago. Of course that’s all good but I just wanna make sure someone else concurs and I’m not being haunted by Egyptian demons?
csours 4y ago
A Master of Djinn (Fantasy Novel) by P Djeli Clark is a fun exploration of this world.
- groffee 4y ago
  Read the original texts, much more imaginative, original and real(!) than anything a fantasy author can come up with.
  - jesushax 4y ago
    Any specific texts you can recommend?? Thanks!
robwert 4y ago
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groffee 4y ago
Szpakowska's original database is here http://iss-demonology.swan.ac.uk/demonology/get-entities.php http://iss-demonology.swan.ac.uk/demonology/get-entities.php 'demon' is a really unfortunate choice of description because of the Christian association.
zasdffaa 4y ago
> Images of demons first began to appear in the Middle Kingdom (ca. 2030–1640 B.C.). Thoughts needed (please omit jokes unless actually funny). I'm a brit. The date above is not stonehenge-era but isn't too far off. I've long been puzzled by the fact that sophisticated cultures were around then with complex social structures, that had writing and some pretty dazzling statuary and buildings. Let's take that back further, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe ~10K years ago (no writing I'm aware of but look at the artefacts) Over here in albion at the time? Sweet FA. No comparable culture that I'm aware of. Around 0 BC or a bit earlier you get these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broch but still, no writing, few (if any) significant decorative artefacts from that period. It is so odd. Any explanations? I mean other than "that's how it was". Perhaps there's just stuff I don't know of.
- random314 4y ago
  AFAIK, writing evolved as a way to keep track of business transactions as did money and credit systems. So, I expect writing to follow agriculture and some urbanization when a large population trades with each other.
  - zasdffaa 4y ago
    That was my understanding too, but britain back then (let's say 1 AD, a bit pre-roman invasion) wasn't remotely uninhabited and those there were mainly farmers AIUI. Also that doesn't explain the lack of 'ornaments'. Consider the olmecs (1500 BCE to about 400 BCE) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmecs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmecs) who may just about have had a writing system (or not) and look at what they made: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmecs#Artifacts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmecs#Artifacts In britain at the time, apparently bugger all. Almost anyway, there is this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silbury_Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silbury_Hill and: "The hill was constructed in several stages between c.2400–2300 BC[6] and displays immense technical skill and prolonged control over labour and resources" That's not the product of a bunch of scattered farmers so I just do not get it.
- Ashwild 4y ago
HeavenBanned 4y ago
Whenever I think of Egyptian Demons I think of "Pyramids" by Frank Ocean and all the cryptic symobology laid into the verses. Interesting stuff, nonetheless!

64 points by benbreen 4y ago

I feel like I saw this exact same post with the same comments a couple days ago. Of course that’s all good but I just wanna make sure someone else concurs and I’m not being haunted by Egyptian demons?

csours 4y ago

A Master of Djinn (Fantasy Novel) by P Djeli Clark is a fun exploration of this world.

groffee 4y ago
Read the original texts, much more imaginative, original and real(!) than anything a fantasy author can come up with.
- jesushax 4y ago
  Any specific texts you can recommend?? Thanks!

robwert 4y ago

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groffee 4y ago

Szpakowska's original database is here http://iss-demonology.swan.ac.uk/demonology/get-entities.php http://iss-demonology.swan.ac.uk/demonology/get-entities.php 'demon' is a really unfortunate choice of description because of the Christian association.

zasdffaa 4y ago

> Images of demons first began to appear in the Middle Kingdom (ca. 2030–1640 B.C.). Thoughts needed (please omit jokes unless actually funny). I'm a brit. The date above is not stonehenge-era but isn't too far off. I've long been puzzled by the fact that sophisticated cultures were around then with complex social structures, that had writing and some pretty dazzling statuary and buildings. Let's take that back further, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe ~10K years ago (no writing I'm aware of but look at the artefacts) Over here in albion at the time? Sweet FA. No comparable culture that I'm aware of. Around 0 BC or a bit earlier you get these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broch but still, no writing, few (if any) significant decorative artefacts from that period. It is so odd. Any explanations? I mean other than "that's how it was". Perhaps there's just stuff I don't know of.

random314 4y ago
AFAIK, writing evolved as a way to keep track of business transactions as did money and credit systems. So, I expect writing to follow agriculture and some urbanization when a large population trades with each other.
- zasdffaa 4y ago
  That was my understanding too, but britain back then (let's say 1 AD, a bit pre-roman invasion) wasn't remotely uninhabited and those there were mainly farmers AIUI. Also that doesn't explain the lack of 'ornaments'. Consider the olmecs (1500 BCE to about 400 BCE) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmecs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmecs) who may just about have had a writing system (or not) and look at what they made: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmecs#Artifacts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmecs#Artifacts In britain at the time, apparently bugger all. Almost anyway, there is this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silbury_Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silbury_Hill and: "The hill was constructed in several stages between c.2400–2300 BC[6] and displays immense technical skill and prolonged control over labour and resources" That's not the product of a bunch of scattered farmers so I just do not get it.
Ashwild 4y ago

HeavenBanned 4y ago

Whenever I think of Egyptian Demons I think of "Pyramids" by Frank Ocean and all the cryptic symobology laid into the verses. Interesting stuff, nonetheless!