Religious phenomena can be considered a historical product, mediated by indirect forms, texts, images, objects, and different actors, people, animals, things, and nature. Permeated by a countless panoply of gods, whose identity syncretically merged and divided into different and akin entities, the supernatural seamlessly fuses with daily life matters, and religions are not separable nor meant to be ontologically separated from political, economic, and social questions. The volume of 18 papers, presented to prof. Marilina Betrò, aims to explore the complex dimensions of Egyptian religions, fostering a dialogue between gods, landscapes, animals, and people.

– Introduction
Gianluca Miniaci, Christian Greco, Paolo Del Vesco, Mattia Mancini, Cristina Alù
– Un “Dieu cerné”? I limiti del potere del faraone
Federico Poole
– Animals, Ontology, and Agents of Seth
Willeke Wendrich
– Gender and Divine Identification in Ancient Egyptian Healing Spells
Gabriele Mario Conte
– Ba and emotions: some notes on the lexeme b3 beyond its religious meanings
Stefano Vittori
– Notwendige Bemerkungen zum Namen und Wesen der Göttin Muth
Alexandra von Lieven
– Gehen Götter gerne baden? Zu wAi r, xfty und anderen euphemistisch gebrauchten Ausdrücken
Friedhelm Hoffmann
– Generischer Eigenname versus Götterbegriff, oder: „el“ versus „El“. Vom Zusammenspiel einer älteren semitischen Tradition mit der kanaanäischen Adaption eines ägyptischen Vorbildes im Jh. v. Chr.
Ludwig D. Morenz
– The sed-festival reliefs at Soleb: rhetoric in image and space
Susanne Bickel
– Doorscapes of the Netherworld and their guardians: a humanist geographical and anthropological perspective
Rita Lucarelli
– Reflections on the Ibis Cult at Abydos
Paul Whelan
– Two Amduat Papyri in Liverpool
Silvia Zago