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The Democratization of the Afterlife was a religious transformation during the First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt wherein commoners usurped Pharonic privileges and symbolism in their funerary traditions.
Usurpation of Divine Kingship
The Pharaoh from ancient times was considered to be divine, a living Horus. Toward the end of the Old Kingdom, the dead Pharaoh began to be associated with the god Osiris, the ruler of the world of the dead.[1] This lead to Osiris becoming the god of all necropolises.[2] During the Middle Kingdom, a large number of private votive stele began identifying the dead with Osiris in the same manner.[3]
References
- ^ Trigger, Kemp, O'Connor, and Lloyd. (1983) p. 72
- ^ Shaw. (2000) p. 179
- ^ Shaw. (2000) p. 180
Bibliography
- Shaw, Ian (2000). The Oxford history of ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280458-8.
- Trigger, B.; Kemp, Barry; O'Connor, David; Lloyd, Alan (1983). Ancient Egypt: A Social History. Cambridge University Press.