Thoth – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Thoth may have been created by Ra, Atum, and Khepri, as he once declared “I am Thoth, the eldest son of Ra, whom Atum has fashioned, created from Khrepi.” In a lesser known tale, Thoth was said to be the son of Horus. In a parallel mythology, Thoth had ties to both Horus and Set. Wives of Thoth
Mythopedia – Encyclopedia of Mythology
Mythopedia is the ultimate online resource for exploring ancient mythology; from the Greeks and Romans, to Celtic, Norse, Egyptian and more.
Isis – Mythopedia
2022年12月8日 · As is common in Egyptian mythology, no single version of a story was canon. Another version of Isis’s escape from the spinning house of Sais had her embark on a journey accompanied by seven scorpions. After Isis escaped from the spinning house, Thoth warned her to evade Set until Horus came of age to challenge him for the throne.
Egyptian Gods - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · 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 …
Set – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Mythology. While Set was a tremendously important god in the Egyptian pantheon, his mythology was largely Osiris-centric. Though few independent myths have been found, evidence suggests that Set existed prior to his incorporation into the Egyptian mythos, and it is all but certain that such myths existed as well.
Bastet - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Mythology. Bastet was a significant deity from a very early period in Egyptian history. At the Valley Temple of Khafre at Giza (c. 2570 BCE), she and Hathor were the only gods whose names were recorded.
Ra - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Ra was the Egyptians’ ultimate creator deity, whose eyes became the sun and the moon. Appearing in various forms and incarnations over millennia of worship, the falcon-headed god was the patron of the sun, kings, and order.
Nut - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · When Thoth’s winnings eventually added up, the moon gave him 1/70th of her illumination as payment. Thoth used this surplus light to create five additional days at the end of the Egyptian year. These five days—referred to as epagomenal days—were not a part of any month and as such, Ra’s curse did not apply to them. This loophole allowed ...
Horus – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · In one myth, Thoth was said to put Horus’s eye back together, suggesting that—like Osiris’s body—it had been torn apart. The tale may have justified the use of the wedjat hieroglyph in representing the fractions of a standard grain measurement. Each fraction was represented by a different portion of the eye. Horus the Younger
Egyptian God Names - Mythopedia
Egyptian god names: Origin, structure, and meaning. Travel through the centuries and arrive in the world of Egyptian gods, where a non-traditional pantheon and an emphasis on life after death give Egyptian mythology both a spooky and mysterious quality to fiction and gaming.