Ra - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · As creator and sun god, Ra was a vital part of the Egyptian pantheon. Throughout countless dynasties, Ra was a constant figure of worship whose role shifted as newer gods were incorporated into the state religion. This falcon-headed statuette of Ra-Horakhty (c. 1069–525 BCE) combines the attributes of Ra with those of Horus.
Amun - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Amun was the omnipresent Egyptian god whose true name was too powerful to be known. Rising to prominence relatively late in Egyptian lore, he was merged with the sun god Ra, eventually becoming known as Amun-Ra.
Anubis - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · A fierce fighter, he routinely defeating the god Set in battle. Family. As one of the oldest gods in the Egyptian pantheon, Anubis had a varied and somewhat inconsistent mythology. Initially, Anubis was a son of Ra who served as the primary god of the dead. As time went on and the cult of Osiris grew in power, Anubis’s stories were ...
Thoth – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Thoth was the vitally important Egyptian god of the moon, medicine, science, wisdom, and magic. Depicted with the head of an ibis, he invented writing, was the divine healer, and acted as advisor to the rest of the pantheon.
Set – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Set on Ra’s Solar Barque. Constrasting with the evil and destruction he had wrought in life, Set was a force for good in the afterlife. He rode at the front of Ra’s solar barque and defended the sun god from Apophis, the great chaos monster. Commonly portrayed as a giant snake or crocodile, Apophis would attack Ra each night.
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 …
Bastet – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · With Ra, Bastet had a son, Mahes, who as a lion god bore strong resemblance to his mother. Some myths positioned Bastet as the mother of Anubis. The jackal god’s associations with Isis came fairly late in the development of the Egyptian cosmology, and his connection to the ancient Bastet likely predated them. Family Tree. Parents
Hathor – Mythopedia
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.
Isis – Mythopedia
2022年12月8日 · Ra’s true name was immensely powerful, as whomever had access to it could control the sun god and all his might. Isis had begun plotting her son’s ascent to the throne well before he was born. Such a plot required great cunning and ingenuity, for though Isis was a sorceress of great power, even her magic could not harm the mighty Ra.
Horus – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · The deity’s oldest manifestation, Horus the Falcon was also known as Horus the Sky God, Horus the Lord of the Sky, Horus of Two Horizons, Horakhty, Ra-Horakhty, and Hor-em-akhet (Horus in the Horizon, or Harmachis to the Greeks). Horus the Elder. Found only in Greek sources, Horus the Elder was the son of Nut and Geb.