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The History of Egypt Podcast

Mini Episode: Khoiak Festivities

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2017

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

The Religious Year (Part 4): Hathor and Osiris. In the fourth month of the year, the Egyptians celebrated the end of the Nile flood (Akhet). With grand ceremonies to Hathor, Osiris and the god Sokar, they brought the first season of the year to a close. Images and Bibliography at https://egyptianhistorypodcast.com/2017/04/29/mini-episode-khoiak-festivities/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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... ... ... ... Hello and welcome back to the History of Egypt Podcast. This is a mini episode,

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Koyak Festivities, part four in our 12-part series on the Egyptian year and its

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religious ceremonies.

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Koyak is a Greek version of the Egyptian Kachirkah or Kah upon Kah.

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By Kah the Egyptians mean the essence of vitality part of the soul and so the month of

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coiac kah here kah is soul upon soul we'll see why throughout this episode the month was dedicated extensively to

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religious festivals centered around the myths of the dead. In particular, the great

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God Osiris. In this time the Egyptians celebrated the last phase in their long reenactment of that great legend, the tale of Osiris.

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By the end of the month, the Egyptians would have celebrated a divine marriage, a blue-collar

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workers festival, and the final phase in the burial and honoring of Osiris, the eternal father

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of the King of Egypt. Let's dive in. Coyak, also called Nehebkau, began in approximately November.

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As the fourth month of the flood or inundation,

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