The Egyptians associated mirrors with female sexuality and rebirth. Women needed mirrors to apply co
The Egyptians associated mirrors with female sexuality and rebirth. Women needed mirrors to apply cosmetics and style their hair. Mirrors were thereby intimately connected with the eroticism that led to rebirth. Mirrors were also a symbol of cosmic creation. The disc of the mirror on a papyrus-plant handle symbolized the moment when the creator-god emerged from the primordial swamp in the form of the sun. Creation then subdued the chaos of the deserts, here represented by the two ibex heads. This symbolic depiction of the original creation served as an aid to the self’s re-creation in the tomb. Mirror with Papyrus Handle Featuring Two Ibex Heads, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Bronze, Other (handle). Brooklyn Museum -- source link
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