Who Wrote the Book of Gates?
by Jimmy Dunn writing as Taylor Ray Ellison The Book of Gates is the principal guidebook to the netherworld found in 19th and part of the 20th Dynasty tombs of the New Kingdom, though it makes its first appearance to us with the last king of the 18th Dynasty.
How many gates did the Egyptian afterlife have?
the underworld, which was inhabited by serpents armed with long knives, fire-spitting dragons and reptiles with five ravenous heads. Upon arriving in the realm of the Duat (Land of the Gods), the deceased had to pass through seven gates, reciting accurately a magic spell at each stop.
What is in the Duat?
Underworld route of the sun The Duat was the region through which the sun god Ra traveled from west to east each night, and it was where he battled Apep, who embodied the primordial chaos which the sun had to defeat in order to rise each morning and bring order back to the earth.
How many gates are in the Egyptian underworld?
Upon arriving in the realm of the Duat (Land of the Gods), the deceased had to pass through seven gates, reciting accurately a magic spell at each stop. If successful, they arrived at the Hall of Osiris, the place of judgement.
What is the fifth gate?
The Silver Gate of Gondolin The Tree Telperion shone with a silver-white light, and so the Fifth Gate of Gondolin was the Gate of Silver. As its name suggests, the Gate was wrought from silver, and also from pearl, into a circular form that mirrored the patterning on the face of the Moon.
Who ruled the Duat?
Osiris, lord of the Duat, looked like a mummy as his body was wrapped in linen bandages. He sat on the throne in the Judgment Hall of Osiris. Behind him stood his wife, Isis, and her sister, Nepthys. One ka spirit came forward.
What did Anubis do?
He was associated with the funerary cult and the care of the dead, and his later role was as the “conductor of souls.” He was also reputed to be the inventor of embalming, an art he first employed on the corpse of Osiris.