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Rituals
Rituals were an essential part of Ancient Egyptian life. Temple worship and Ritualistic festivals will elaborated on more below.
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No. 2
Weddings
Weddings were heavily influenced by mythology including everything from selecting a partner and the actual ceremony.
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No. 3
Funerals
When somebody died, mythology decided how people were buried and remembered.
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Rituals were performed frequently throughout Ancient Egyptian life. Most of their rituals involved giving sacrifices and fulfilling the wishes of the Gods and Goddesses. (Public Religious Ceremonies, 2013).
Some types of the Ancient Egyptian rituals are as follows; Temple Rituals
The elaborate 11-step ritual performed whenever a temple was built (regardless of size or importance) was a crucial cultural practice. (van den Dungen, 2016). The stages of the rituals were as follows:
Festivals
FestivalsRituals synchronized with a series of natural events interwoven in complex mythologies. Ritualistic Festivals were regular celebrations with a pre-determined periodicity - Daily, Yearly, Monthly
(van den Wungen, 2016) The purpose of these ritualistic festivals was to ensure the order of creation was remembered and praised on earth. Thousands would participate and come from far and wide to celebrate.
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Ancient Egyptians were encouraged to marry young considered that their life span was quite short. Mythology impacted who and how the Ancient Egyptians wed. Egyptians had monogamous relationships as their Gods had. Their partners were either relatives, siblings or were devised in order to confirm political alliances or trades (Men and Women, 2013.)
Because of their status, God's had to marry their siblings which can be seen in the marriage of Osiris and Isis. Their love was eternal which set a goal for human marriages to be as harmonious as theirs. Mythology also affected the rights that women had in marriage. One myth explains how Osiris’s wife, Isis, became the protector of the family following his death which gave meant Ancient Egyptian women were valued and had a say in marital (divorce) and financial decisions. (Lazuk, 2016). |
- “Hail to thee, O my father Osiris, I have come and I have embalmed this my flesh so that my body may not decay.
Inscription on one of the linen wrappings of the Egyptian mummy of Thothmes II, 1493-1479 B.C.
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