Ancient Egyptian Mythology

Welcome to Ancient Egyptian Mythology!

Teacher: ???

Students:

1. [warrlokk]
2. [Yshtar]
3. [Lady Edana-Arianrhod Rós]
4. [akhirah]
5. [BadCat]
6. [Shreya]
7. [Amythest Cat]
8. [Wvyern]
9. [Tonje]
10. [Scooz]
11. [~*~Dread Pirate Bonnie~*~]
12. [LightVampire]
13. [Oude acc van Melcinítan]
14. [The Luggage]
15. [Shadow07]

Brief Outline:

1. In the beginning
2. The Gods

In the beginning

Many books have been written on religion in ancient Egypt. This brief overview is meant only to explain some of the basic concepts and to introduce some of the gods. Religion in ancient Egypt was not unlike modern times. Today, not everyone believes in the same way, or of the same god. Egypt was no different. Individual kings worshipped their own gods, as did the workers, priests, merchants and peasants. Pre-dynastic Egypt had formulated the ideas and beliefs of a "greater being", which was expressed in pictures, but some scholars suggest that "writing" was invented in order to communicate spiritual thoughts to the masses. Now the pictures had ideas, and took on human traits. The gods lived, died, hunted, went into battle, gave birth, ate, drank, and had human emotions.

Continued on in In the beginning Egyptain Mythology

The Gods

Human and semihuman forms of some of the chief Egyptian deities: 1) Horus, son of Osiris, a sky god closely connected with the king. 2) Set, enemy of Horus and Osiris, god of storms and disorder. 3) Thoth, a moon deity and god of writing, counting and wisdom. 4) Khnum, a ram god who shapes men and their kas on his potter's wheel. 5) Hathor, goddess of love birth and death. 6) Sobek, the crocodile god, Lord of the Faiyum. 7) Ra, the sun god in his many forms. 8) Amon, a creator god often linked with Ra. 9) Ptah, another creator god and the patron of craftsmen. 1O) Anubis, god of mummification. 11) Osiris, god of agriculture and ruler of the dead. 12) Isis, wife of Osiris, mother of Horus and Mistress of Magic.

Continued on in The Gods of Egyptain Mythology


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Past teachers: [Erin]