![]() What I was most astonished to feel, after reading this work, was a great sadness. I can honestly say I've heard discussions of the many themes, as I'm sure most of us have fertility deities, all manifestations thereof. The best and the worst that I can say for this work is that it is very thorough. ![]() Overall, the main themes are drilled into our skulls so thoroughly that there's no way we could ever forget them, even if we tried. Hint: it wasn't because they never found his penis. At least I've been put to rights about the real reason he was worshiped. ![]() I was astonished to realize how many assumptions I had held about Osiris were completely balderdash. I cannot, in good faith, find fault with much of his conclusions. Ok, so on my ebook reader, it only runs up to a little under 1500 pages, and there are at least a dozen accounts as proof of each point. Seriously enough, I've been very impressed by the work. ![]() ![]() "And they were forced to lay upon some erections." I shall endure another escaped slave trying to murder me so he can break off the branch of my sacred tree and so take my place. Goddesses with mixed up attributes, bald-faced assumptions about ancient societies, and rampant misspellings almost turn me off. So far, while it does a lot of mythological name-dropping, and the very thin veil of a theme seems accurate, I'm tempted to say that this book is a real mess. ![]()
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