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Book of the dead

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amduatnounAn ancient Egyptian funerary text of the New Kingdom describing the journey of the sun through the underworld at night.
medjednounA species of elephantfish formerly worshipped at Oxyrhynchus.
anubisnoun(Egyptian mythology) In the mythology of ancient Egypt, the god of the dead and tombs, commonly depicted with the head of a jackal.
choachytenounan Ancient Egyptian mortuary priest responsible for pouring libations as well as providing mortuary rituals and offerings at the tombs of the dead
duatnoun(Egyptology, Egyptian mythology) The realm of the dead in Egyptian mythology.
osirisnoun(Egyptian mythology) The Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld.
ushabtinounIn Ancient Egypt, a figurine of a dead person, placed in their tomb to do their work for them in the afterlife.
thanatocracynounThe carrying out of mass and organized killing as an official policy of a state.
thebesnounAn ancient city and archaeological site in Upper Egypt, having functioned as capital city at times during the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom.
kemetnounSynonym of Ancient Egypt.
necronomiconnounA fictional grimoire of arcane and forbidden knowledge whose contents can drive a person mad.
thanatolatrynoun(religion) The worship of death.
ammitnoun(Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the Devourer of the Dead.
thanatomancynoun(rare, fantasy) Magic or divination powered by death, such as a human sacrifice.
underworldnounThat part of society that is engaged in crime or vice, and particularly those involved in organized crime.
otherworldnoun(paganism) The other realms of existence beyond the world of mankind, especially the realms of the dead or the fairy folk.
draugrnoun(Norse mythology) An undead creature from Norse mythology, an animated corpse that inhabits its grave, often guarding buried treasure.
draugnounAlternative form of draugr. [(Norse mythology) An undead creature from Norse mythology, an animated corpse that inhabits its grave, often guarding buried treasure.]
völundarkviðanouna book of the Poetic Edda.
white crownnounA crown of Ancient Egypt symbolizing control over Upper Egypt.

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