Egyptology - Book of the Heavenly Cow: Egypt's myth of separation
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The Book of the Heavenly Cow is an Ancient Egyptian mythological text explaining why the world is imperfect. It recounts that humankind rebelled against the sun god Ra, who sent divine punishment through the goddess Hathor. Ra then withdrew into the sky upon the back of Nut, the heavenly cow. Scholar Erik Hornung interpreted this divine withdrawal as bringing suffering, death, and fracture into creation. Although inscribed in the New Kingdom period, the text was composed in Middle Egyptian, possibly dating back to the Middle Kingdom.
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