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[QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Troll Patrol: Skin Tones - Symbolic & Conventional Egyptian male (dark) Egyptian brown skin.....masculine, strong Black skin.....................powerful, reborn White skin....................recently deceased Old Egyptian male (light) Yellow skin....................weak, frail Egyptian female (light) Yellow skin....................feminine, weak Egyptian brown skin.....equal of men (Amarna period) Black skin.....................powerful, reborn Egyptian gods Gold skin......................flesh of the gods Blue skin......................the cosmic waters, the firmament Green skin...................life (i.e., plants) Black skin.....................resurrection, sacred, holy, benevolent [/QUOTE]^^^^ The above was written by Wally of Egyptsearch and it has errors [QUOTE]Originally posted by Troll Patrol: [IMG]http://www.britishmuseum.org/images/070610_leadimage.jpg[/IMG] In many African traditions the ritual of dead is symbolically being depicted light/ white. Not dark/ black as is in European context. [/QUOTE]In many places in Africa what you said is incorrect: http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=007334 Color Symbolism in African Culture. _____________________________________________ In the above painting the men and the woman wear standard white colored garments. This does not symbolize death. The color associated with the Egyptian underworld, the dead and night was black and Osiris is sometimes depicted as jet black (or sometimes dark green ) Sometimes kings, such as the guardian figures of Tutankhamun in his tomb are depicted jet black. This is because kings are sometimes depicted as personifying Osiris in the burial chambers. The black and green color used to depict Osiris are used because greeen is the color of rebirth and black refers to the fertility of the Nile floodplain. Anubis the jackal-headed god in the above painting associated with mummification and the afterlife in ancient Egyptian religion. The distinctive black color of Anubis' head did not have to do with the jackal [per se] but with the color of rotting flesh and with the black soil of the Nile valley, symbolizing the fertility of the Nile. [IMG]http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/images/osiris.jpg[/IMG] . [/QB][/QUOTE]
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