Right, so last night, Im sitting there reading Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, by James P Allen, the essay on the Ancient Egyptian conception of human nature at the end of chapter 7, when I get to this bit: The identification of a name with its owner was so strong that names themselves were treated as persons. In fact, it often makes more sense to translate the word RN as identity rather than name. Knowing a persons name was the same as knowing the person himself. For this reason, the gods -- who are ultimately too great to investigate, too powerful to know -- are often said to have inaccessible or secret names that no one can know, even the other gods. And wouldnt ya know, the first thing that came to mind when I read that was Doctor WHO?!? ;) youtu.be/ijbuPtbb_h8?t=4m22s (especially the bit just past 4:22)
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 23:13:06 +0000
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