TY - JOUR
T1 - Transforming into a swallow
T2 - Coffin text spell 294 and avian behaviour
AU - Cooper, Julien
AU - Evans, Linda
PY - 2015/1
Y1 - 2015/1
N2 - Coffin Texts Spell 294 describes the transformation of the deceased into a mn.t-bird. Examination of the passage from a lexical, mythological, and geographical perspective have highlighted the bird's solar and Hathoric associations, but additional layers of meaning are revealed when textual references are also examined zoologically. This approach has shown that Spell 294 accurately describes the appearance and natural behaviour of migratory and resident barn swallows (Hirundo rustica), elucidating formerly problematical allusions and leading to a deeper understanding of the spell's transformative process.
AB - Coffin Texts Spell 294 describes the transformation of the deceased into a mn.t-bird. Examination of the passage from a lexical, mythological, and geographical perspective have highlighted the bird's solar and Hathoric associations, but additional layers of meaning are revealed when textual references are also examined zoologically. This approach has shown that Spell 294 accurately describes the appearance and natural behaviour of migratory and resident barn swallows (Hirundo rustica), elucidating formerly problematical allusions and leading to a deeper understanding of the spell's transformative process.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84930799391&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1515/zaes-2015-0002
DO - 10.1515/zaes-2015-0002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84930799391
SN - 0044-216X
VL - 142
SP - 12
EP - 24
JO - Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde
JF - Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde
IS - 1
ER -