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EVERYDAY IMAGES, RESURRECTION METAPHORS
IMAGENS DIÁRIAS, METÁFORAS DA RESSURREIÇÃO
Maria Rosa Valdesogo
Thanks to the numerous documents that have come down to us from Ancient Egypt, almost all related to their religious beliefs, we know about their gods, the ceremonies they practiced, their mythologies, and above all how they buried their dead and also how they did to resurrect them. In the funerary sphere, we know that ancient Egyptians mummified to preserve the corpse and that they carried out rituals to promote the resurrection of the deceased and his rebirth in the Hereafter. Funerary texts played a crucial role in the regeneration of the dead. Some helped him to overcome the difficulties that hindered his way to eternity and others evoked mythical situations that promoted his resurrection. At this point, it is interesting to note how the ancient Egyptians, through words, knew how to turn everyday situations into moments with great symbolic potential. For example, when a funerary text from Ancient Egypt alluded to “chicks inside the nest”, could that have a deeper meaning? The answer is yes. We will see how banal moments of the world of the living, acquired great importance when they were introduced through the texts in the world of the gods. In Ancient Egypt, an artist drew reality on the walls, turning it into a sacred fact. In the same way, the scribe wrote small fragments of daily life, making them a promise of eternal life.
