神圣与重生——古埃及头枕的宗教含义

发布时间：2018-11-16 09:04

【摘要】：头枕是古埃及人日常生活中用于支撑头部的家具,也是伴随死者进入来世的重要随葬品。在新王国时期,出现了头枕形状的护身符(wrs)。因其形状类似古埃及观念中的地平线,头枕具有太阳象征意义,人的头部枕在头枕上,象征着太阳从地平线上升起。头枕可以托举使用者的头部,并将其从与死亡类似的深睡状态中唤醒。因此,作为丧葬用品的头枕能够在冥界唤醒死者,使其复活。此外,头枕的使用还表明了古埃及太阳神信仰的普遍性。作为神显的媒介,太阳神通过头枕与死者合一,从而使死者成为神圣,获得重生。
[Abstract]:The head pillow is the furniture used to support the head in the daily life of the ancient Egyptians, and it is also an important burial object accompanying the dead into the afterlife. In the new kingdom period, the head pillow shape of the amulet (wrs). Shaped like the horizon of ancient Egypt, the headrest symbolizes the sun, and the head rests on the headrest, symbolizing the sun rising from the horizon. The headrest lifts the user's head and awakens it from a deep sleep similar to death. Therefore, the headrest as a funeral object can awaken the dead in the Underworld and bring them back to life. In addition, the use of headrest also shows the universality of ancient Egyptian belief in the sun god. As a medium of divine manifestation, the Sun God combines with the dead through the headrest, thus making the dead sacred and reborn.
【作者单位】：宾夕法尼亚大学近东语言与文明系;

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