2022年11月29日 · Alternatively, Anubis worship may have developed as a means to exercise supernatural control over jackals. If Anubis was worshipped properly, the jackals might not disturb the venerated dead. This wooden statue (664-30 BCE) shows Anubis poised and ready to defend a burial site. In this role, Anubis closely resembles a full-bodied jackal.

2022年11月29日 · He could turn himself into an ox, an oryx, a hippopotamus, a bull, a crocodile, and a panther. 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.

2022年11月29日 · This statue of Sekhmet protects the mortuary temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu. TerryJLawrence / iStock. Through ritual acts of pacification, however, Sekhmet could be transformed into the more benign Bastet. One ritual involved the practitioner walking around their house wielding a *des-*wood club and reciting a spell: “Retreat, murders.

2023年3月9日 · Hecate, daughter of Asteria and Perses, was a powerful but mysterious goddess usually associated with magic, witchcraft, and the Underworld. Though often an object of dread, Hecate was sometimes seen as a kind goddess and a protector of justice.

2022年11月29日 · Horus was the falcon-headed Egyptian god of sun, sky, and kingship. Appearing in many manifestations over thousands of years, his best-known role is as the son of Osiris and Isis, destined to retake his father’s throne.

2022年11月29日 · Hathor was the cow-headed Egyptian goddess of love, marriage and motherhood. Like most long-worshiped deities she performed numerous mythological roles, including massacring the enemies of Ra, healing Horus, and nourishing the dead in the afterlife.

2023年1月27日 · In one sanctuary of Asclepius in Sicyon, there was a statue of Hypnos lulling a lion to sleep. Family. In the familiar tradition, Hypnos was one of the children of Nyx, the primordial goddess of night, and was born without a father. His siblings included Momos (“Blame”), Eris (“Strife”), and the Moirae (“Fates”), among many others ...

2022年11月29日 · Osiris had several notable children. He famously fathered Horus the Younger with his sister/wife Isis following his resurrection, and unwittingly sired Anubis with Nephthys. His other children include Babi, a mythical man-eating baboon, and Sopdet, the personification of the star Sirius. Family Tree. Parents

2022年11月29日 · Xipe Totec was the Aztec god of agriculture, seasons, goldsmiths, and disease. He was often depicted wearing a suit of flayed skin, and his associated ceremonies emphasized his choice of attire. Such rituals usually culminated in a fresh skin suit being made and worn by either a statue of Xipe Totec or one of his priests.

2022年11月29日 · Mictlantecuhtli was the Aztec god of death, who ruled over the land of the dead with his wife Mictecacihuatl. He was tricked into giving up the bones that would become the humans of the fifth age by Quetzalcoat