Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Afterlife as dark and restrictive realm

afterlife_as_dark_and_restrictive_realm

A motif of the Afterlife Navigation and Passage family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


egyptian

  • The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HERKHUF / THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AMENI AMENEMHAT / THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THETHA / THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF TEHUTI, THE ERPA; lines 5273-5331 confidence: high

    Amentet is described as black darkness and a place of restraint or misery; its holy ones sleep in their forms and do not see friends, parents, wives, or children.

    Amentet is described as a land of black darkness and restraint or misery where the holy ones sleep and do not see family or friends.

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