Motif
Hymnic praise of a supreme deity
hymnic_praise_of_a_supreme_deity
A motif of the Supreme Ruler and Cosmic Sovereignty 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 CHAPTER XI / FAIRY TALES / CHAPTER XII / EGYPTIAN HYMNS TO THE GODS; lines 7259-7369 confidence: high
The chapter presents Egyptian hymns sung in temples between 1600 B.C. and 900 B.C.; the Hymn to Amen-Ra is from a papyrus in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
The passage is explicitly introduced as a hymn, repeatedly gives homage to Amen-Ra/Ra, and lists divine praises and titles.
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