Medjed
Sign in to saveIn Ancient Egyptian religion, Medjed (Egyptological: ), also known as Medjedu (Egyptological: ) is a minor deity mentioned in certain copies of the Book of the Dead. While not much is known about the deity, his ghost-like depiction in the Greenfield papyrus has earned him popularity in modern Japanese culture, and he has appeared as a character in video games and anime.
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- The image depicts the Egyptian deity, Medjed, who appears as an oculated dome, supported by two human-like feet.
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- Drawing of Medjed based on the Papyrus Cairo JE 95658
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- Egyptian
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- Duat
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In Ancient Egyptian religion, Medjed (Egyptological: ), also known as Medjedu (Egyptological: ) is a minor deity mentioned in certain copies of the Book of the Dead. While not much is known about the deity, his ghost-like depiction in the Greenfield papyrus has earned him popularity in modern Japanese culture, and he has appeared as a character in video games and anime.
== In the Book of the Dead == The Book of the Dead is made up of a number of individual Ancient Egyptian funerary texts with accompanying illustrations. They are in general written on papyrus and were used from the earliest period of the New Kingdom () until around 50 BCE. These texts consist of magic spells, some of which are to grant the dead person mystical knowledge in the afterlife, or to give them control over the world around them through their journey in the Duat, or underworld.