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Original file230 of 'The Mummy's Dream, an Egyptian story of the Exodus. Written and illustrated by H. B. Proctor' (11245276055)
The image features a falcon-headed deity, Horus, standing in profile on the right, wearing a broad collar, a patterned tunic, and the Pschent (the combined White and Red crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt). He reaches back with his left hand to hold the hand of Oli-Mel, a human figure shown in profile to the left, who wears a long, pleated garment, a wide necklace, and has shoulder-length dark hair. The figures are drawn in the traditional Egyptian aesthetic of flattened perspective, with the god Horus gesturing forward with his raised right hand. Above the figures, a block of hieroglyphics is inscribed, and the caption below identifies the scene.
This image reflects the 19th and early 20th-century fascination with Egyptology and the integration of Ancient Egyptian funerary iconography into fictional narratives, specifically drawing upon the themes of the Book of the Dead and the afterlife journey.
OLI-MEL CONDUCTED BY HORUS ON THE RESURRECTION MORN
Book of the Dead
The visual composition and motif of a deity leading a soul are derived from traditional vignettes found in the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
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lithography
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Victorian
Egyptian
mythological
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1233 × 1886 px
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