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Reading Notes: Ancient Egypt Part A

This week I chose to read about the ancient Egyptian mythology. This was overall very interesting, and I really like how you can even see similarities to the Greek and Roman mythology that I have read in the past. It was told to us that this was not a translation, but a retelling of the stories, so I wonder what would have been different if it was a direct translation. Either way, you can tell that the audience should treat and see their pharaoh, who was all powerful. I think it is really interesting that Ra is a human god, which is how the people viewed their pharaohs back in the ancient Egyptian times.

Another really interesting thing that I have noticed about these ancient cultures and their polytheism is that they are so well thought out and creative, that they have a direct meaning for almost anything that would have came into their life, good or bad.

I think there is a lot of symbolism in this writing, much like in the bible, but I wonder if the audience took it literally, especially the section where they are telling the secret name of Ra. I think this is one thing I think I have improved on as reading like a writer in the way of making connections to writing styles that I am familiar with.

My inspiration for my story this week came from the first section of the story, the creation. This week I want to make a creation type story whose audience is college aged kids.

Bibliography: Ancient Egypt Unit, Egyptian Myth and Legend by Donald Mackenzie


   
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