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Groner/Barringer - Ancient Egypt: Stories from Ancient Egypt

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Egyptian Myths (Arts and Humanities Through the Eras) : Shares Egyptian creation myths and stories like The Birth of Mankind, the Threat of Existence, Death of the Gods, and more.

Myths (The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt) : Very brief summation explains that Ancient Egyptian myths were passed down orally and often contradicted one another.

Egyptian Mythology (UXL Encyclopedia of World Mythology) : Explains the uniqueness of Ancient Egyptian mythology stems from the fact that Egypt was isolated from other civilizations and therefore wasn't influenced by surrounding nations religions.

Myths: Creation Stories (World Eras) : Describes the various creation myths from Ancient Egypt.

Stories and Tales (World Eras) : Shares information relating to the eleven prose and stories that exist from the Middle and New Kingdom.

Two Brothers, The Tale of (The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt) : Summarizes The Tale of Two Brothers, dating back to the Nineteenth Dynasty.

Eloquent Peasant, The Tale of the (The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt) : Summarizes The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant, dating back to the New Kingdom.

Shipwrecked Sailor, The Tale of the (The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt) :  Summarizes The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor, dating back to the Middle Kingdom.

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The Creation Myth (Canadian Museum of History) : Provides information about Ancient Egypt's Creation Myths, including where the stories have been found and primary themes within them. 

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Anubis: Anubis weighing a dead person’s heart
Fig. 1. Anubis: Anubis Weighing a Dead Person’s Heart.

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