In lieu of a course textbook or course curriculum, here are the writings that I have gathered.

Textbook Selections

  • The World of Myth: An Anthology by David A. Leeming
    • "Egypt: Osiris" from "The World of the Afterlife" (278 - 280)
    • "Egypt: Ex Nihilo Beginnings" from "The Creation" (16 - 18)
    • "Egypt: Osiris and Isis" from "The God as Archetype: The Dying God" (139 - 145)
    • "Egypt: Hathor, Blood and Beer" from "The Flood: Cosmic Myths" (54 - 55)
  • World Mythology: The Illustrated Guide by Roy Willis
    • The First Gods/Order from chaos (38 - 39)
    • The Ennead /The Nine Gods of Helipolis (40 - 41)
    • Osiris/Upholder of order (42)
    • Isis/The devoted widow (43)
    • Horus and Seth/The struggle for the throne of Osiris (44 - 45)
    • Solar Myths/The eternal cycle of renewal (46 - 47)
    • Myth and Magic/The secret name of Ra; the Book of Thoth (48)
    • Snakes and Scorpions/Agents of chaos (49)
    • Powerful Goddesses/Neith, Sekhmet and Bastet (50)
    • Other Goddesses /Anat, Astarte, Hathor and Taweret (51)
    • Kings and the Gods/The sacred role of the pharaohs (52 - 53)
    • Priest-Magicians/Setna Khaemwese and Imhotep (54)
    • Life After Death/The soul in the underworld (55)
  • Egyptian Myth: A Very Short Introduction by Geraldine Pinch
    • Ch. 1: The myth of Egypt: imagined Egypts (3 - 14)
    • Ch. 2: Divine words: language and myth (15 - 29)
    • Ch. 3: The gods themselves: deities and myth (30 - 42)
    • Ch. 4: The beautiful moment: creation myths (43 - 53)
    • Ch. 5: Black Land, Red Land: the landscapes of myth (54 - 65)
    • Ch. 6: Lord of the Two Lands: myths of nationhood (66 - 76)
    • Ch. 7: The big fight: conflict and reconciliation (66 - 88)
    • Ch. 8: The eyes of heaven: pairs and sequences (89 - 99)
    • Ch. 9: Personal myths: myth and popular religion (100 - 111)
    • Ch. 10: The blessing of the mummy: the mythology of death (112 - 122)
  • The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry by William Kelley Simpson
    • Part 1: Narratives and Tales of Egyptian Literature 
    • Part 2: Late Egyptian Stories
    • Part 3: Instructions, Lamentations, and Dialogues
    • Part 4: From the Religious Literature
    • Part 5: Songs and Royal Hymns
    • Part 6: Royal Stelae
    • Part 7: Autobiographies
    • Part 8: Scribal Traditions
    • Part 9: Demotic Literature

Major Egyptian Myths

  • Iris and Oriris
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  • Ra
  • Amudat, Book of Gates, Book of Caverns
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Egyptian Stories

  • "King Cheops and the Magicians"
  • "The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant"
  • "The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor"
  • "The Story of Sinuhe"
  • "The Quarrel of Apophis and Seknenre"
  • "The Capture of Joppa"
  • "The Tale of the Doomed Prince"
  • "The Tale of the Two Brothers"
  • "The Contendings of Horus and Seth"
  • "The Blinding of Truth by Falsehood"
  • "Astarte and the Insatiable Sea"
  • "A Ghost Story"
  • "The Report of Wenamon"
  • "The Tale of Amasis and the Skipper"
  • "The Romance of Setna Khaemuas and the Mummies (Setna I)
  • "The Adventures of Setna and Si-Osire (Setna II)
  • "The Childhood of Si-Osire"
  • "The Magician Hihor"
  • "The Fable of the Swallow and the Sea"
  • "The Instruction of Onchsheshonqy"

Egyptian and Lebanese Poetry

  • The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
  • Ahmed al-Shahawi
  • Adbel-rahman Elaboudy

Egyptian and Lebanese Movies

  • The Square (2013, USA) (Egypt)
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  • Gods of Egypt (2016, USA) (Egypt)
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  • Khalil Gibran's The Prophet (2014, USA)
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  • Caramel (2007, PG, 95 mins, Lebanon)
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  • Where Do We Go Now (2011, PG-13, 110 mins, Lebanon)
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Egyptian Documentaries and Lectures

  • Egypt's Golden Empire Part 1: The Warrior Pharaohs
  • Egypt's Golden Empire Part 2: The Pharaoh of the Sun
  • Egypt's Golden Empire Part 3: The Last Great Pharaoh
  • "Chaos and Order in Egypt" from The Great Lectures
  • "Horus, Osiris, and Ra" from The Great Lectures
  • "Myths of the Pharaohs" from The Great Lectures

Supporting Texts for Future Curriculum Development