On The Consanguineous Marriage In Egyptian Creation Myth

Compared to that of other nations',Egyptian creation myth has its distinguished specialities along with the support of reliable materials.The most attractive part of Egyptian creation myth lies on its narration of gods' pedigree and that its gods of different generations have consanguineous relationship.That is to say two gods of the same generation are a couple,which occurs in different editions of Egyptian creation myth.This thesis mainly talk about the reason of consanguineous marriage in Egyptian creation myth on the basis of Egyptian creation myth texts.Because of the great influence of religion and kingship on Egyptian spiritual life and daily life,this thesis focus on these two factors.Egyptian creation myth has different editions due to peculiar historical situation.On this consideration,the first part of this thesis aims at excavating and arranging different editions of Egyptian creation myth.Based on existing materials and research of other scholars,this part distinguishes creation myth contents from different sources and shows its total characters.Through the selection of actual contents,it emphasizes the consanguineous marriage contents which lays the material foundation of the latter part.The second part discuss the connotation of consanguineous marriage in the religion context,which is on the background of Egyptian nature worship and fertility worship.Egyptian creation myth is intertwined with its religion.Thus,myth does have an influence on individuals mind.Nature worship shows humans' conviction of nature and obedience to nature,which changes the view angle of gods.They never treat gods as human beings on the ground of religion.Myth means divinity to them.From their perspective,this consanguineous marriage represent combination of power.It concentrates on the entirety of gods,not human marriage.Fertility worship is popular with Egyptian who bears great living burden.According to analysis of actual background,I find out that fertility worship really affect Egyptian's perception of gods.Many gods are associated with fertility which can help to explain reproduction atmosphere.The third part starts from kingship and researches on the interaction between consanguineousmarriage myth and kingship.Myth is divine and true,while the selection of myth contents is purposeful.So it is necessary to research the social function of consanguineous marriage myth.It influences pharaoh's governing.Firstly,it shapes pharaoh's divinity,which helps ruling;the pharaoh is regarded as god with its help,which benefits his afterlife.Secondly,the spreading of consanguineous marriage myth strengthens their acceptance to order,which maintains pharaoh's rule.The fourth part discusses the influence of consanguineous marriage myth on the themes,content choosing,expression methods and forms of ancient Egyptian literature in order to prove the literature value of consanguineous marriage myth...