The Egyptian Book of the dead
The Egyptian Book of the Dead contains prayers, hymns, and spells designed to guide the deceased through the trials of the underworld and ensure their successful passage to eternal life. It provides instructions on how to navigate demons and monstrous beasts, how to present oneself before the gods during the Weighing of the Heart judgment, and how to eventually become one of the blessed dead who travel with the sun god. It's not a single book but a collection of funerary texts, originally for pharaohs, that became accessible to others, with spells included in tombs and on papyrus scrolls like the famous Papyrus of Ani.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead contains prayers, hymns, and spells designed to guide the deceased through the trials of the underworld and ensure their successful passage to eternal life. It provides instructions on how to navigate demons and monstrous beasts, how to present oneself before the gods during the Weighing of the Heart judgment, and how to eventually become one of the blessed dead who travel with the sun god. It's not a single book but a collection of funerary texts, originally for pharaohs, that became accessible to others, with spells included in tombs and on papyrus scrolls like the famous Papyrus of Ani.