Motif
efficacious funerary offerings and rites
efficacious_funerary_offerings_and_rites
A motif of the Ancestor Rites and Feeding the Dead family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
egyptian
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The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians THE MAGICIAN TETA WHO RESTORED LIFE TO DEAD ANIMALS, ETC. / THE STORY OF RUT-TETET AND THE THREE SONS OF RA / CHAPTER IV / THE BOOK OF THE DEAD; lines 1463-1540 confidence: medium
Third- and fourth-dynasty official tombs are said to show use of the Book of Opening the Mouth and the Liturgy of Funerary Offerings.
The passage connects the Book of Opening the Mouth and the Liturgy of Funerary Offerings with the belief that funerary offerings were effective.
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