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The 5 Elements of Humans - Coggle Diagram
The 5 Elements of Humans
Body
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Mummified after death
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bodies of the wealthy taken to their tombs in the necropolis, often in the desert cliffs on the western bank of the Nile
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Shadow
essential supplement to the human body, because everybody casts a shadow
since shadows derive from the human body, it was believed they had the essence of the human body and its owner
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Ba
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mostly associated with humans and gods, but inanimate objects can have one too
believed that funeral ceremonies released the ba from its attachment to the body so it could come & go freely
after, the dead became "akh" meaning they could live without physical form
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able to eat, drink, speak , and move like humans
able to travel, but was attached to the body while the human was alive
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Name
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mention of a person's name brings to mind an image of that person, even if they are dead
writing someone's name next to an image identifies the image with that person, giving that person an alternate form other than their body
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gods had secret names that were too powerful for others to know, even other gods