Egyptian Myth and Legend

Contents: Preface. 1. Creation legend of sun worshippers. 2. The tragedy of Osiris. 3. Dawn of civilization. 4. The peasant who became king. 5. Racial myths in Egypt and Europe. 6. The city of the Elf God. 7. Death and the judgment. 8. The religion of the stone workers. 9. A day in old Memphis. 10. The great Pyramid Kings. 11. Folk tales of fifty centuries. 12. Triumph of the Sun God. 13. Fall of the old kingdom. 14. Father Gods and Mother Goddesses. 15. The rise of Amon. 16. Tale of the Fugitive prince. 17. Egypt\'s golden age. 18. Myths and lays of the middle kingdom. 19. The Island of enchantment. 20. The Hyksos and their strange God. 21. Joseph and the Exodus. 22. Amon, the God of empire. 23. Tale of the Doomed Prince. 24. Changes in social and religious life. 25. Amenhotep the magnificent and Queen Tiy. 26. The religious revolt of the poet king. 27. The empire of Rameses and the Homeric age. 28. Egypt and the Hebrew Monarchy. 29. The restoration and the end.

"The Pyramids of Egypt are very famous all over the world. These Pyramids were built thousands of years ago on the graves of the kings and the --all the necessities of life were placed in the graves of the Pharohs and it was believed that they will be alive one day.

But the Islamic influences in the later years, made many changes in the religion and culture of Egypt. However, the culture of Egypt remained mostly closer to the previous culture. However, Islam also made its impact on Egypt and its society. Otherwise also Egyptian existence in the world is the meeting point between the Eastern and the Western cultures. Kamal Abdul Nasser became a great revolutionary of modern Egypt who revolutionised the Egyptian society on modern lines.

This book reviews the entire gamut of Egyptian culture and their myth both in the pre-Islamic and Islamic periods. It is hoped that the book will prove to be of immense use to the students of Islamic studies and to the students of history and international relations." (jacket)