Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

agricultural paradise of the blessed

agricultural_paradise_of_the_blessed

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 Book of the Dead CHAPTER V / CHAPTER VI / CHAPTER VII / CHAPTER VIII; lines 792-861 confidence: high

    The region resembles an Egyptian farm: the deceased ploughs, reaps, and drives oxen; Thoth introduces the deceased into Sekhet Heteput/Field of Reeds; ancestors are present; aakhu reap tall grain, and two self-moving spirit boats carry the beautified without fatigue.

    The kingdom is depicted as a watered farm where the deceased ploughs, reaps, tends wheat, and where hunger is said to be unknown in an agricultural heaven.

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