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'Demon Things' conference 2016 abstract: Kasia Szpakowska
Kasia Szpakowska, Swansea University and Director of the Ancient Egyptian Demonology Project: Second Millennium BCE Launch of The Ancient Egyptian Demonology Project: 2K BCE "DemonBase" Demons abound in the media today—from tales of possession, to the labelling of political policies as "demonic," to the channelling of spirits for […]
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'Demon Things' conference 2016 abstract: Tony Spalinger
Anthony J. Spalinger (University of Auckland, New Zealand) Demonizing the Enemy: The Ramesside Libyans In contrast to recent studies of the historical accounts of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu that have focused upon the organization of the registers or the narrative techniques employed, I shall attempt a […]
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'Demon Things' conference 2016 abstract: Wael Sherbiny
Wael Sherbiny Between Texts and Images: representations of the supernatural entities in the so-called Book of Two Ways Although textual descriptions of all sorts of supernatural entities are attested in the religious texts as early as the Pyramid Texts (if not earlier), the visual expressions […]
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'Demon Things' conference 2016 abstract: Maria Nilsson
Maria Nilsson, Lund University Symbolae sacrae – symbolic formulae for protection and adoration within the sandstone quarries of Gebel el Silsila Within the grand sandstone quarries of Gebel el Silsila is a vast amount of unique symbolic representations; stylized iconographic and pseudo-scripted signs and marks […]
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'Demon Things' conference 2016 abstract: El Zahraa Megahed and Laure Pantalacci
El Zahraa Megahed and Laure Pantalacci, University of Lyon The Demoniacal Manifestations of Winds in Calendars of Lucky and Unlucky Days Calendars of Lucky and unlucky days in pCairo JE no. 86637 and pSallier IV (pBM 10184) include clear indications to the role of winds as […]
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'Demon Things' conference 2016 abstract: Aris Legowski
Aris Legowski, University of Bonn What is the Evil within Demons? Exploring the Egyptian semantic field of the Evil Throughout all periods of Ancient Egyptian history liminal entities, or demons, played a significant role in cultural life. They can be regarded as concrete manifestations of universal […]
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'Demon Things' conference 2016 abstract: Jay Johnston
Jay Johnston, University of Sydney Drawing Demons: Iconography and Ontology in the Heidelberg Coptic Papyri This paper will present new readings of the iconography of demons and other 'intermediate' beings found in the Heidelberg Coptic Papyri (P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 678-686 ed. Bilabel and Grohmann 1934, […]
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'Demon Things' conference 2016 abstract: Jiřà Janák and Renata Landgráfová
Jiřà Janák and Renata Landgráfová, Czech Institute of Egyptology, Prague Guardians of Gates: an Unusual Assemblage of Demons in Menekhibnekau's Book of the Dead Chapter 144 The Saite-Persian shaft tomb necropolis at Abusir is a rich source of texts and images attesting to the continuity […]
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'Demon Things' conference 2016 abstract: Nika Lavrentyeva and Ekaterina Alexandrova
Nika Lavrentyeva and Ekaterina Alexandrova, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Liminal sources of dangerous powers: a case of the Black Ram A comparative analysis of demonological representations in the Pyramid Texts and the Coffin Texts displays verbal and visual sign-systems, which complement each other. […]
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'Demon Things' conference 2016 abstract: Augusto Cosentino
Augusto Cosentino Egyptian demons in magic literature and iconography This Paper aims to investigate the presence of figures and descriptions of demons in Magic literature. The iconographical tradition is well represented in the magical amulets, where we can find deities coming from greek and roman […]
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