symbolic death and resurrection and,2:546,
2: 572
Tswana rituals of,2: 598
See alsoCircumcision; Initiation
Punishment, 2:547–548
by ancestors,2: 548
curses and,2: 548
by divinities,2:547–548
God as upholder of moral order and justice
and,2: 547
See alsoShame
Purification, 2:548–550
community rites of,2: 548
to drive away evil and confer divine
life,2: 548
before entering sacred places,2: 548
methods of,2: 550
oceans, water and,2: 473
offerings purification, Sun Temple of Niuserre
and,2: 549
of priests,2:539–540
to promote public welfare,2: 548
to remove pollution,2: 548
sacred bathing spring and,2: 550
Swazi people and,2: 652
Tano River and,2:648–649
Pyramids, 2:550–552
astral alignment of,2: 551
chronological timeline of,2:551–552
in Egypt and Sudan,2:550–551
Great Pyramid at Giza,2:551,2: 581
Great Pyramid of Khafre and,2: 564
Great Pyramid of Khufu and,2: 564
Great Red Pyramid of Sneferu and,2: 564
Pyramid Texts,1: 138
Atum and,1: 77
Benu bird, benben stone symbolism
in,2: 528
Horus-Sopdu in,2: 624
Horus’s sons and,1: 315
The Husia and,1: 322
incarnation recorded in,1: 338
Khnum in,1: 362
Khonsu mentioned in,1: 363
Ogdoad mentioned in,2: 481
Opening of the Mouth ceremony and,2: 494
Ra’s names in,2: 557
Shu referenced in,2: 617
spitting referenced in,2: 634
Tefnut referenced in,2:650–651
Tehuti subject in,1: 327
Pythons, 2:552–554
Bondo Society totem of,1: 135
Fongbe Dangbé Cult of python-god religion
and,2: 554
gateway to the palace of Oba of Benin and,
2: 553
humans protected by,2: 554
nature deity of,1:xxvii
prohibitions against killing of,1:xxvii,2: 554
Sacred Python Temple in Ouidah and,2: 554
Vodun pantheon and,2: 554
See alsoSerpentQueens, 2:555–556
ancient Egypt queens and,2: 555
common good focus of,2: 556
new king selected by,2:555,2: 579
Nubia line of,2: 555
protection, order, and balance functions of,
2:555–556
Queen Mother concept and,2:555,2: 579
turbulence after death of,2: 555Ra(Re),2:557–559
Akhenaten and,2: 557
alternative names of,2: 557
Amen, Amen-Ra and,1:27,1:32,1:37,1:38,
1:75,2:557,2:558,2: 650
Anubis’s lineage and,1: 63
Apep adversary to,1:64–65
Atum and,1:77,2: 557
Auset and,1: 81
Bast cat symbolism and,1: 57
Benu bird, benben stone symbolism and,2: 528
boats and,1: 129
creation stories and,2:557–558
Four Good Deeds of Ra and,2: 558
Great Sphinx of Giza and,2:631,2:632,2: 633
Hathor and,1:307,2: 600
Heru, Horus and,1: 313
infinite and complete inclusiveness of,2: 558
Isis and Ra’s spit legend and,2: 634
Khnum protector of,1: 362
Maat and,1:398,1: 399
Mnevis Great Black Bull and,1: 141
New Kingdom theology of,2: 558
ontological process of being and,2: 558
preexisting primordial waters concept and,
1: 185
Pyramid Textsand,2:557–558
sacred mound of,2:557,2: 558Index 849