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Egyptian Dwarf Deities Associated with Solar Cult in Ancient Egypt

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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This study examines the natural relationship between the Ancient Egyptian dwarf gods and the Solar Cult and the solar deities in ancient Egypt. There were two kinds of dwarfs known in ancient Egypt; The African pygmies and the Egyptian dwarfs. The dwarf deities were associated with many of the solar deities in different forms like khepri. From the New Kingdom onward, the dwarfs emerge as popular deities, best known in their forms of Bes and Path-Pataikoi, who are invoked in a host of magical practices to protect the living and the dead. This study aims to find the reason for this association between the dwarf gods and the solar deities by examining the ancient Egyptian religious text and the statuary of those dwarf deities. The result that the study reaches is that the dwarf deities associated with the solar deities as a symbol of regeneration and rejuvenation and rebirth.

DOI

10.21608/jaauth.2021.91523.1228

Keywords

Dwarf, deities, Solar, Cult, Rejuvenation

Authors

First Name

Manar

Last Name

Hamed

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Lecturer at Aboukir High Institutes for Tourism, Hotels, and Restoration, Guiding Department, Alexandria

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manarhamid85@gmail.com

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Alexandria

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28509260202621

Volume

20

Article Issue

4

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25803

Issue Date

2021-06-01

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2021-08-18

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2021-06-01

Page Start

159

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188

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1687-1863

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2682-4612

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https://jaauth.journals.ekb.eg/article_192787.html

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997

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Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality

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https://jaauth.journals.ekb.eg/

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Egyptian Dwarf Deities Associated with Solar Cult in Ancient Egypt

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22 Jan 2023