Today numerous explanations can be found about human origins. These explanations and theories are important to examine if we want to learn about our origins, identity and our potentials. Finding the answer to questions related to these topics can help us to better understand important issues related to race, culture, gender, and class. Many resources are available to research these topics, but novels, Heru the resurrection and Husia provide valuable insight because it is based on the oldest deciphered literature.
Heru the resurrection explains that the human life originated from the heavens. Heru is a story about a king Ausar who was killed by his evil brother set and because of his death God’s greatest revelation for the salvation for mankind was lost. It explains how the king’s wife Auset and his son Heru battled to reclaim the kingdom and restored the world. In this novel, we read that Ausar, Set and Auset came…show more content… The book of knowing creation reads “I came forth among the plants and I created all things which creep and crawl and all that exist among them” (Karenga. Selections from the Husia: sacred wisdom of ancient Egypt. Los Angeles: U of Sankore Press, 1989. 5. Print.) Indicating that we originate from God. Similarly, In the bible book of genesis chapter one we read that God created everything.
The viewpoints that we draw from Heru and the bible provide a basis for our identity, gender equality and equality among all people. “usually about two hundred people attend the daily morning briefing by the queen mother”. These words show that in the ancient Egyptian culture women had authoritarian positions in their societies. It is evident that their society upheld the feminine principle. And there was equality between people. Throughout the novel there is no indication that the ancient society was distributed into cast and class but on the contrary, all were one under Ra’ because he is
