Dreams in ancient Egypt

 

The ancient Egyptians were the first to believein dreams as a holy inspiration , they called them : mysterious prophets,and some papyrus were found with dream meanings and explainations written on it>

They were associated with the supernatural world. The Egyptians were the first dreamers who had attempted to understand the meanings behind their dreams that then marked the start of dream interpretation in human history.

They unravel the meaning behind specific dream symbols based on say.. verbal connections between similar words that fascinated them.

For an instance, the word "donkey" and "great" were homonyms (i.e. they share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings). Thus, dreaming about eating donkey meat meant "good luck".

In Ancient Egypt, dreams are thought to be divine predictions of the future. They are considered direct messages from the gods foretelling impending disasters or good fortunes. Thus deciphering dream symbols were considered a very important task.

 

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