The Evolution of the Dragon - Couverture souple

Smith, G. Elliot

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1544704054 ISBN 13 : 9781544704050

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

In the earliest records from Egypt and Babylonia it is customary to portray a king's beneficence by representing him initiating irrigation works. In course of time he came to be regarded, not merely as the giver of the water which made the desert fertile, but as himself the personification and the giver of the vital powers of water. The fertility of the land and the welfare of the people thus came to be regarded as dependent upon the king's vitality. Hence it was not illogical to kill him when his virility showed signs of failing and so imperilled the country's prosperity. But when the view developed that the dead king acquired a new grant of vitality in the other world he became the god Osiris, who was able to confer even greater boons of life-giving to the land and people than was the case before. He was the Nile, and he fertilized the land. The original dragon was a beneficent creature, the personification of water, and was identified with kings and gods. But the enemy of Osiris became an evil dragon, and was identified with Set.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1544704054
• ISBN 13: 9781544704050
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 278
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible