DUNE Wrote:
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> Sed festivals implied elaborate temple rituals and
> included processions, offerings, and such acts of
> religious devotion as the ceremonial raising of a
> djed, the base or sacrum of a bovine spine, a
> phallic symbol representing the strength, "potency
> and duration of the pharaoh's rule".[6]

This is all mere conjecture. No part of the religion or magic is understood so suggesting something demonstrated "religious devotion" or the origin of the djed are all based on interpretation founded in the book of the dead which wouldn't exist for 1000 years.

Certainly I agree with you that the Heb Sed was not funerary in the great pyramid building age. It was a festival that was sometimes ended badly but always on an upbeat note since if the old king failed the new king passed.




Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02-Feb-17 17:56 by cladking.