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Book of the Dead en · PROPN

Etymology

A calque of German Todtenbuch (der Ägypter), used by Karl Richard Lepsius in his 1842 publication describing the text.

Meanings

  1. An ancient Egyptian funerary text of the New Kingdom consisting of spells to assist the journey of the dead into the afterlife, developed from the earlier Coffin Texts.
  2. Any comparable text from another culture intended to serve as a guide to the experiences one has after death, such as the Tibetan Book of the Dead or Ethiopian Book of the Dead.

Translations (9)

cs Kniha mrtvých (ancient Egyptian funerary text) · sv De dödas bok (ancient Egyptian funerary text) · ar كِتَاب الْمَوْتَى (ancient Egyptian funerary text) · fi Kuolleiden kirja (ancient Egyptian funerary text) · it Libro dei morti (ancient Egyptian funerary text) · egy r:Z1:N33A-nw-Z1-pr:r-t:D54-m-h:r-w-hrw:Z1 (ancient Egyptian funerary text) · sa प्रेतग्रन्थ (ancient Egyptian funerary text) · pt Livro dos mortos (ancient Egyptian funerary text) · de Totenbuch (ancient Egyptian funerary text)