The Egg played an important role in the HERMOPOLITAN cosmogony, as it denotes that the primeval Egg was laid by a legendary bird { was mentioned in the Book of the Dead as ( The Great Cackler )}. It put that Egg on the primeval hill, then the OGDOAD hatched the Egg till it broke bringing out the principles arranging the universe together with light.
A conception supposes that the sun god ( RA) himself emerged from the Egg as a falcom and this is supported by chapter 77 in the BOOK of the Dead, also in the coffin texts of the Middle Kingdom a part of spell ran : " O' Ra who is in his egg".
Another conception addressed god ( PTAH ) as the creator of the primeval Egg as some representations showed him fashioning the Egg on the Potter's Wheel.
The Ancient Egyptian used the Egg as an amulet refering to life in its calm shape to possess the power residing in it. Also some coffins took the oval shape maybe as a hope of an eternal afterlife.
Refrences
Isabelle Franco , Mythes et Dieux.
TheMuseum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt by Ian Shaw.
Unfortunatly, i found no pictures for the primeval Egg in Egyptian reliefs. So please if you found any picture for that you can thankfully send it to me on my e-mail : nanotofita@yahoo.com
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