2022年11月29日 · Anubis was the jackal-headed Egyptian god of mummification. Originally the powerful son of Ra and god of the dead, as other deities rose in prominence he became the escort of the newly deceased into the afterlife.

2022年11月29日 · Bastet was the cat-headed Egyptian goddess who guarded pregnant women and served as a manifestation of the Eye of Ra. Originally a ferocious lioness, her image softened over time, although she retained her fierce protectiveness.

2022年11月29日 · Note: The cult of Anubis predated both Nephthys and the Osirian cult. After Osiris rose to prominence, Anubis’s role in Egyptian cosmology was rewritten to fit the new hierarchy; he subsequently became Nephthys’s child. The Wailing Women: Isis and Nephthys. Lamentation for the dead was an important part of Egyptian funeral practices.

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2022年11月29日 · He could also take the form of Anubis. Statue of Set (1184-1153 BCE). This granite figure is part of a display portraying the coronation of Rameses II, which features Horus and Set offering their blessings to the newly crowned pharaoh. Museum of Cairo, Egypt. tutincommon CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

2022年11月29日 · The Egypt of Osiris’s time was barbarous, and cannibalism was widely practiced. Osiris put a stop to such practices and introduced the Egyptians to wheat, barley, grapes, wine, and copper tools. After civilizing Egypt, Osiris embarked on an expedition to introduce the world to wheat, barely and agriculture.

2022年11月29日 · He told her tales of Egypt’s beauty, as well as animal-based fables extolling the virtues of the strong allying themselves with the weak and the value of peace. One version of this myth says that Thoth had to ask Tefnut 1,077 times before she finally acquiesced. Eventually, Thoth convinced the volatile goddess to return with him to Egypt.

2022年11月29日 · Horus of Behdebt was a fairly unique interpretation of Horus. Best known from his depictions at the Temple of Edfu in Upper (Southern) Egypt, he may have been worshipped in Tell el-Balamun in Lower Egypt. Similar to other iterations of the deity, Horus of Behdebt was most often depicted as a falcon; he was also portrayed as a lion or winged sun ...

2022年11月29日 · Much like Thoth and Anubis, Hathor was not a central character in the Egyptian mythos, but instead played a vital role in each of Egypt’s major religious branches. Egyptian religion was heterogeneous, with four main cults dominating the theocratic spectrum: the Ogdoad of Hermopolis, the Theban triad, the Memphite triad, and the Ennead of ...

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 …