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Philomythy: Afrocentric analysis of the plausible Kemetic influences on and resonated Kemetic retentions in Greek creation stories

Posted on:2006-08-15Degree:Ph.DType:Dissertation
University:Temple UniversityCandidate:King, Leophus S., JrFull Text:PDF
GTID:1455390008958884Subject:African history
Abstract/Summary:
The unique puzzle to be solved in this research effort was to use the concept of philomythy as a tool to ascertain how a central set of Kemetic (Egyptian) ideas were disseminated to Greece from Kemet (Egypt). The research effort defined philomythy in the context of philosophy to identify a Kemetic (Egyptian) base for the Kemetic origins of Greek creation myths. By identifying the historical and philomythic base, the research study focused on establishing one venue of how Kemetic (Egyptian) philomythy impacted Greek philosophy. Thus, the research investigation examined the concepts, material objects, and philomythic ideas that are embedded in the Kemetic creation myths and it analyzed the plausible pathways and the trails of how Kemetic creation myth artifacts were disseminated to and assimilated into Greek thought culture, and creation myths. There was a comparative analysis between the Kemetic (Egyptian) creation myths and the Greek creation stories to expose the Kemetic (Egyptian) creation myth retentions and concepts in the Greek creation accounts. There was a trail analysis of the socio-behavioral artifacts of some of the major Greek philosophers who were trained by Kemetic (Egyptian) priests. There was a content analysis of the political activism of some Kemetic rulers and the results of their socio-political intrusions. The conclusions were that: (1) Kemet (Egypt) existed before Phoenicia and Greek; (2) Kemet (Egypt) Phoenicia and Greece had a long standing exchange of cultural and socio-behavioral artifacts and commerce; (3) Thales and Pythagoras were transmitters and replanters of Kemetic (Egyptian) myths and culture; (4) the Kemetic (Egyptian) rulers used food exchange and military mite to assimilate and acculturate Greeks into practicing Kemetic culture and religion (creation myths); and (5) a significant portion of the Greek creation myth elements that were studied revealed a retention of some primary Kemetic (Egyptian) imprints.
Keywords/Search Tags:Kemetic, Creation, Myth, Egyptian
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