Nov 29, 2022 · Amun was the omnipresent Egyptian god whose true name was too powerful to be known. Rising to prominence relatively late in Egyptian lore, he was merged with the sun god Ra, eventually becoming known as Amun-Ra.

Nov 29, 2022 · Shu was the god of the air, while Tefnut was the goddess of mists. As the god of kings and order, Ra had a special connection to maat, a key mythological concept. Maat was both the Egyptian word for “truth, justice, righteousness, order, balance, and cosmic law,” and the goddess who personified these ideals.

Nov 29, 2022 · Horus was the falcon-headed Egyptian god of sun, sky, and kingship. Appearing in many manifestations over thousands of years, his best-known role is as the son of Osiris and Isis, destined to retake his father’s throne.

Nov 29, 2022 · While many deities faded into obscurity following Egyptian decline, Thoth remained popular across a number of cultures, and has even made appearances in modern works. In Greece Thoth became Hermes, or Hermes Trismegistus (Hermes the Thrice-Great), but also lived on in philosophy as Thoth, the ancient Egyptian god of wisdom.

Nov 29, 2022 · The Egyptian creation myth centered around a creator god (usually Ra, but possibly Ptah, Atum, or Amun, depending on the tale) who brought the world into being by ejaculating and created the first gods through his seed. Hathor’s cult held that the goddess was both the hand that aroused the creator and the vital force of his seed. The Coffin ...

Nov 29, 2022 · Osiris, the “Mighty One,” was both god of the dead and a central figure of Egyptian mythology. His cult arose around 2600BCE, as those of competing deities, including Andjety of Busiris and Khentamentiu of Abydos, declined. For nearly 3,000 years, Osiris would stand as one of the most prominent Egyptian gods.

Nov 29, 2022 · Egyptian gods and goddesses were incarnations of both natural phenomena, such as the sun, and social phenomena, like knowledge. Egypt itself was ruled by a pharaoh who claimed to be the gods’ representative on earth, and who acted as …

Nov 29, 2022 · Ptah was the Egyptian god of craftsmen and the arts, patron of artists and metalworkers. The divine sculptor who shaped humanity out of mud and clay, his words were said to have inspired Amun to create the universe.

Nov 29, 2022 · Early on in Egyptian history, Anubis was worshiped as a god of the dead. After Osiris rose to prominence, Anubis’s role changed. He became a god of embalming and psychopomp who escorted the dead on their journey to the afterlife. In the post-Late Period (664-30BCE) era, Anubis became associated with necromancers.

Nov 29, 2022 · A wily trickster, Set was the Egyptian god of confusion and disorder. Though he generally played an antagonistic role in Egyptian mythology , Set still played a key role in the Egyptian cosmos. He would ultimately ally himself with Osiris , riding on the front of the solar barque and defending it from Apophis—an elemental chaos beast.