The Religious Nile: Water and Society Since Ancient Egypt

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The Nile is arguably essentially the most famous river on the planet. For millennia, the seek for its source defeated emperors and explorers. Yet the seek for its source also contained a spiritual quest – a seek for the origin of its divine and life-giving waters. Terje Oestigaard reveals how the beliefs associated with the river have played a key role within the cultural development and make-up of the societies and civilizations associated with it. Drawing upon his personal experience and fieldwork in Africa, including details of rites and ceremonies now fast disappearing, the writer brings out in wealthy detail the religious and religious meanings attached to the life-giving waters by those whose lives are so bound to the river. Part religious quest, part exploration narrative, the writer shows how this mighty river is a powerful source for a better figuring out of human nature, society and religion.

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