Ancient Egyptian Mythology: Gods and Goddesses
Ancient Egyptian Mythology, just like other mythologies contribute a lot not only in history but also on the beliefs that we still care nowadays. They believed that the creation of the word and life after death is the most important of all, as concerned by particular gods and goddesses. Egyptians have a lot of dieties, but for now let me just share few of them.
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Osiris/Usir
He is the god of underworld and fertility; he is into the life and death. The life after death is very important to Egyptians that they believed that once a person is dead there is another journey waiting for him/her; the reason why after the process of Mummification, they put "Book of Spells" and gold, as these things can help the person afterlife. He is the ruler of agriculture which depicts how expert ancient Egyptians plant crops in the Nile River.
He is the first King of Egypt but murdered by his brother, Seth.
Isis
She is the goddess of moon, the protector of woman and children. She have this cow's horn and wings of a bird. She also contribute in the life after death as she was considered as the goddess of life. After the death of his husband, Osiris, he assembled the body and resurrected him.
Anubis
He is the jackal headed diety, the god of Mummification. Priest in ancient Egyptian wear jackal headed mask to represent Anubis during the embalming process. He is the god of graves and lost souls,the one who weigh the heart of every dead person using feather on the other side of the scale, while Osiris is judging.
Set
He is the god of discord, war and chaos, not a surprise why he murdered Osiris. He was angry and jealous to Osiris' power and fame, he became more furious when he discovered that his wife ,Nephthys, bear a child named Anubis from Osiris.
Thoth
An ancient Egyptian deity in art. He is the god of the moon, with the head of an ibis or a baboon, animal. He was the god of learning and wisdom, the source of hieroglyphics. He is into science and mathematics who help ancient Egyptians about the natural phenomenon.
Ra
He is the god of sun, a human in form but a head of hawl. In Egyptian stories, Ra's sweat and tears form human being, the reason why it they called "Cattle of Ra".
Hathor
She is the goddess of sky and the symbolic mother of the earthly representatives, the pharaohs.
If you're interested to know more about Ancient Egyptians, you can read it in my previous article, Ancient Egyptian: Mummification and Building of Pyramid
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January 2, 2022
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Egypt was indeed the home of man civilization. Every other religion and believes sprang from it.