? Egyptian Mythology ( religion of Ancient Egypt )
- Dominating influence in their culture's development
- Based on an unorganized collection of ancient myths, nature worship, innumerable deities
? Creation ( Based on the Egyptian belief )
- Only the ocean existed at first
- Ra, the sun, came out of an egg ( a flower, in some versions ) that appeared on the surface of the water
- Ra's four children: gods - Shu and Geb; goddesses - Tefnut and Nut
- Shu and Tefnut: became the atmosphere; they stood on Geb, who became the earth, and raised up Nut, who became the sky.
- Ra: over-all ruler
- Geb and Nut's two sons: Set and Osiris; two daughters: Isis and Nephthys
- Osiris: succeeded Ra as king of the earth; helped by Isis, his sister-wife
- Set: hated his brother and killed him
- Isis: embalmed Osiris' body with the help of the god Anubis
- Anubis: god of embalming
- Isis: resurrected Osiris through powerful charms
- Osiris: king of the netherworld ( land of the dead )
- Horus ( son of Osiris and Isis ) defeated Set in a battle and became king of the earth
? Local gods
- Each local temple possessed its own:
? Ennead: a group of nine divinities
? Triad: divine father, mother and son
- Origin of local deities is obscure:
? Some were taken from foreign religions
? Some were originally animal gods of prehistoric Afric
- Some important divinities:
? gods:Amon
Hapi
Thoth
Ptah
Khnemu
? goddesses:Hathor
Mut
Neit
Sekhet
? Iconography
- Egyptian gods were represented with human torsos and human/animal heads
- Examples:
? Ra - head of a hawk ( swift flight across the sky )
? Hathor ( goddess of love and...
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Mourner. Could be Isis mourning Osiris