El fin del mundo en textos funerarios y mágicos egipcios y la destrucción de la humanidad en Heracleópolis Magna
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En este artículo se propone en primer
lugar una revisión de las alusiones rela-
tivas al fin del mundo insertas en textos
funerarios y mágicos de diferentes épocas.
Se analiza el contenido, contexto e impli-
caciones de estas referencias escatológicas.
Después se aborda la caracterización de la
ciudad de Heracleópolis Magna como lugar
en que se produce el levantamiento de
dioses y humanos contra el dios creador y
el posterior aniquilamiento de éstos. Partiendo
de ideas formuladas por M. Smith
y M. Kemboly sobre el ciclo mítico solar y
aplicadas por estos investigadores a otros
relatos de rebelión contra la autoridad divina,
se plantea una nueva interpretación
de los argumentos míticos de destrucción
heracleopolitanos: u contrapunto se encuentra
en el reforzamiento del poder del
dios Sol, que vence a sus enemigos y asume
la soberanía en la propia Heracleópolis
Magna
In this article I bring forward a review of the allusions related to the end of the world inserted in funerary and magic texts belonging to different period. I analyze the content, context and the implications of these mythological references. Then I explore the character- ization of Heracleopolis Magna as a place where the uprising of gods and humans against the creator god and their subsequent annihilation occurred. Building on ideas of M. Smith and M. Kemboly about the solar mythical cycle and applied by these scholars to other compositions centered on the rebellion against the divine authority, I suggest a new interpretation for the mythical Heracleopolitan arguments of destruction: their counterpoint can be found in the perpetuation of the rule of the Sun god, who defeats his enemies and assumes sovereignty in Heracleopolis Magna
In this article I bring forward a review of the allusions related to the end of the world inserted in funerary and magic texts belonging to different period. I analyze the content, context and the implications of these mythological references. Then I explore the character- ization of Heracleopolis Magna as a place where the uprising of gods and humans against the creator god and their subsequent annihilation occurred. Building on ideas of M. Smith and M. Kemboly about the solar mythical cycle and applied by these scholars to other compositions centered on the rebellion against the divine authority, I suggest a new interpretation for the mythical Heracleopolitan arguments of destruction: their counterpoint can be found in the perpetuation of the rule of the Sun god, who defeats his enemies and assumes sovereignty in Heracleopolis Magna







