Das Herz in der ägyptischen Literatur des zweiten Jahrtausends v. Chr.

Rueda, Toro; Isabel, María

doi:10.53846/goediss-3660

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Egyptian Emotions: Modern Research On Ancient Feelings1

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“…In addition, numerous conceptual metaphors and metonymies used to express emotions (Kövecses, 2007) can be found in the ancient Egyptian text material. Many of them are formed with the two Egyptian words ( jb and ḥȝ.tj ) for “heart” (Toro Rueda, 2003), because the organ was viewed as the seat of mind and feelings.…”

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Emotions in ancient Egypt—An overview

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2023

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The aim of the article is to present essential aspects of five emotions (joy, fear, love, sadness, anger) on the basis of written sources from ancient Egypt. Through selective analyses of the Egyptian emotion vocabulary, including metaphors and descriptions of physical states and reactions, some elementary concepts will be explained. In addition, it is a concern to point out some of the difficulties that can be associated with the investigation of emotions in ancient Egyptian texts. Therefore, brief references are given to current Egyptological studies that have been devoted to the topic adopting new methods.

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“…A variety of verbs can mean “to rejoice”, some of which are also combined with the words for “heart” (Toro Rueda, 2003, pp. 93–98).…”

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