Godhood In Ancient Egypt

With this ascendance of godhood came numerous beliefs and titles that the people of the New Kingdom associated with the position of pharaoh. One belief is that the pharaoh established the entire state of Egypt and has control of superhuman abilities that not only protect the state, but the people residing in it as well (Aldred 1998: 184). In accordance to this belief, the people of Egypt adhered to all of the pharaoh’s demands and rules, so at to keep themselves and the nation itself protected from malevolent spiritual forces. The king of Egypt was also believed to act as the embodiment of the god that conceived the Egyptian world, a god of virility (Aldred 1998: 185). This belief of the pharaoh being a reincarnated god of potency is because the king was thought to have controlled the main river through Egypt, the Nile. Without the Nile River, no food would have been able to be grown. No food means that either a large population of Egypt would have to move to a different civilization or that there would hardly be a population to speak of. Due to these reasons, people all over Egypt and further away would have worshipped the pharaoh for the use and protection of the Nile River.
The main title that a pharaoh of the New Kingdom era would have …show more content…
The clothing worn would have also been similar as to what the gods were described and pictured to wear (Sergio 1997: 286). This similarity of clothing between the gods and the pharaoh acted as a reminder to people that the pharaoh himself should be considered god. The material of the garments would have likely been of spun fiber flax, due to much of the linen excavated in Egypt being of this material (Vogelsang-Eastwood 2000: 269). Any linen that was spun from flax fibers and created into clothing would have been of the highest quality, the texture of silk, with possible added features. One feature that the clothes of the pharaoh