مناظر الانتصار على قوى الشر فی الفن القبطی فی ضوء نماذج مختارة (دراسة حالة لأشکال الطیور والحیوانات)

Abstract

The Egyptians have the thought of the existence of evil powers so they used magic, amulets, and exorcism to face their problems. The Coptic artists show the devil powers by presenting it to some animals; these animals are the lion, gazelle, crocodile, snake, serpent and the scorpion that are the same ones in ancient Egypt. The artists invented some scenes show conflicts between the man and one of these animals where the man is the winner. The researcher proves that the scene of the horseman who defeats the crocodile it followed the story of Hours and his uncle Set. The conflict with the demon and evil power is the main point of the monistic especially with the monks who stay in the desert. The Coptic people use the amulets and the cross to conquer the evil powers which lead them to the pure faith.