The Mythical Origin of the Egyptian Temple is a 1969 scholarly book by Egyptologist Eve A. E. Reymond, published by Manchester University Press.

Overview of the Book
• Core Subject: The book explores how ancient Egyptians viewed their temples, focusing on their sacred origins, underlying structures, and theological meaning.
• Source Material: Reymond bases her study primarily on original hieroglyphic texts, heavily drawing from inscriptions at the Temple of Edfu and other late-period sources.
• Key Themes: It examines the primordial world of the gods, the concept of the Island of Creation, the Homeland of the Primaeval Ones, and how physical temples were seen as earthly manifestations of divine, primeval places.