Egyptian Myth and Legend

Donald A. Mackenzie’s book offers a broad retelling of Egyptian mythological traditions, presenting gods, creation stories, royal ideology, and afterlife beliefs in accessible narrative form. It is valuable as an early popular synthesis, gathering together material from temple texts, funerary literature, and classical sources.

Donald Alexander Mackenzie (1873–1936) was a Scottish writer on mythology, folklore, and comparative religion. His books, which often approached ancient traditions through diffusionist and symbolic interpretations, became influential in early twentieth-century popular studies of myth and esoteric lore.