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Egyptian mythology is framed as unique because its stories center on Ra the life-giving sun god, Osiris the civilizing god, and Horus the stabilizer of kingship.
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Egyptian mythology is framed as unique because its stories center on Ra the life-giving sun god, Osiris the civilizing god, and Horus the stabilizer of kingship.
Ra, Osiris, and Horus are interpreted as three identities for the pharaoh: virtuous hero, passive victim, and vengeful child.
In Jiang's simplified Egyptian creation account, Ra creates life, Osiris gives people civilization, and Horus gives Egypt the institution of kingship.
"...the mythology. There's Ra, the sun god. There's Osiris, and there's Horus, okay? These are the three main gods that Egyptians worship. Ra is..."
"...Pharaoh into separate identities. All three of these individuals, Ra, Osiris, Horus, represent different identities. Ra represents the virtuous hero, right? Osiris represents the..."
"Okay? But I'm going to give you the generalization which will be useful for our purposes. Okay? So, let's look at Egypt. So, and..."
"Okay? So, it's Osiris who gives us civilization. Now, here's a brother named Set. And Set is very jealous of the fact that Osiris..."
"Eventually, Set decides to poison Horus. But before he can do so, Horus first poisons him. And Horus becomes king. And he gives Egypt..."
"...she has sex with him really quickly, which gives birth to Horus. And Horus wants the throne back. So he goes to war with..."
"...Okay, R -A -P -E, okay? He will do this to Horus because it's a sign of domination. But eventually, Horus wins out, and..."
"...what? The Egyptian goddess who saved Osiris, right? And who fathered Horus. Do you think it's a coincidence? Maybe not. Okay? Maybe not. So..."
"...Osiris is reassembled, he impregnates Isis. They have a son named Horus. Horus eventually grows up and he's angered by the fact that his..."
"And then Horus, the son of Osiris, gave the institution of kingship to Egypt. Okay, so these gods come to earth in order to,..."
"...don't really do anything special. Ra gives life, Osiris gives civilization, Horus provides the kingship, okay? So the Egyptian understanding of the relationship with..."
The lecture turns evil into a technology of dissociation: ancient priests allegedly learn to split the pharaoh into identities, modern institutions learn to do it to everyone, and the hard refrain is that social...
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