The Egyptian Book of the Dead

Egyptian scripture · c. 1550 BCE · Scripture · Egyptian · Ancient

Not a book but a repertoire of spells, hymns and instructions, copied onto papyri and buried with the dead for use on the road through the underworld. The texts name the gates, coach the soul in what to say, and set out the judgment before Osiris. The heart weighed against a feather at the threshold of eternity.

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• prefigures ↓ The Divine Comedy
  Dante · c. 1320 CE · Poem

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Closest analogues

• Everyman
  Anonymous · c. 1495 CE · Play

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• The Story of Osiris and Isis
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  41% · 6 shared
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  K'iche' Maya · c. 1550 CE · Myth / Legend

  41% · 6 shared
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• The Judgment
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  41% · 6 shared
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• The Trial
  Orson Welles · 1962 CE · Film

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