Egyptian Gods
were very sacred to the people of egypt. They believed that there was a
god for almost everything. There was a lord or god of the dead, a god of
upper and lower egypt, a god of the living, and a god for almost everything
else one can think of.
Some
examples of egyptian gods are Horus, Osiris, Isis, Seth, Ra, Snefru, Anubis,
Thoth and many, many more. Osiris is the god of the underworld. Isis was
Osiris' wife and goddess. Ra was the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Seth
is Osiris' brother and there are a lot more...
Anubis-
Anubis invented imbalming so that he could inbalm Osiris, which would be
the first mummy. He was the guide of the dead. Anubis would then weigh
your heart against the feather of Ma'at. But first he steadied the scales
to make the weighing be fair.
Horus-
Horus is drawn as a hawk, or a man wirt a hawk's head, and the crown of
Egypt. he looks a little like Ra, but Ra wears a sun disk, and Horus' crown
is mad e of two parts.The white part is the crown of upper egypt and the
red part is the crown of lower Egypt.
Isis-
Isis was the great mother goddess. she was married to Osiris. And was the
mother to Horus and protected him from his enemy Seth. Isis was a good
healer and magician she got her amgic powers by a trick. Ra had magica;
powers that only he knew the secret name for so noone else could have them.
but as he grew old he began to drool as he slept. so one day Isis gathered
his drool and made it into a snake. She put it near Ra so that he would
step on it,a nd he did and it bit him. Ra sreamed with pain and all the
gods came running to see what was wrong. He was in alot of pain and it
was getting worse. So Isis told him that if he told her the secret name
then she would have enough powers to heal him. He didn't want ot at first
but the pain got so bad that finally he did and she healed him and then
had the powers that Ra had.
Osiris-
Osiris is shown here as a man with a beard and wrapped in white mummy cloth.
He has the white crown of upper egypt with read feathers.He is holding
the symbols of extreme power the flail and the crool, and his skin in green
to represent vegatation. Osiris was the god of the dead. you would think
that a god like him would be bad or even evil, but death was a big thing
to the egyptians. They mummified the dead abnd buried them with their belongings
so that they could have a good afterlife.
Ptah
(silent P)- Ptah is the god that represents the sun when it rises and sets.
He is said to be the creator god. Ptah was the god who built the boats
for the souls of the dead people to use in the afterlife.
Ra-
Ra was the god of the sun.He sailed in the heavens in a boat called "Barque
of Millions of Years". Everyday he was joined by many gods The boat sailed
through the twelve provinces, representing the twelve hours of daylight.
And at the end of the day it was thought that Ra died and then sailed on
a noght voyage through the underworld leabing the mon to light the world
at night. And the next day he was born again.
Another
image of Ra
Another image
of Ra
Set (also spelled Seth)-Seth is shown as ahving an animals head with a
ong curved snout, slanting eyes, and squaretipped ears. sometimes he has
a forked tail, but not in this picture. But noone seems to know what this
animal is some thoughts have been Aardvark. antelope, ass, camel, fennec,
giraffe, greyhound, jackal, jerboa, long snouted mouse, okapi, oryx, and
pig were all suggested. Seht is the god of the desert, storm and violence
Thoth-
Thoth was said to be self-created at the beginning of time, he is the god
of wisdom. Thoth was created as a man with the head of an ibis, and he
carried a pen and scrolls everywhere with him on which he recorded everything.
He was an attendant in almosty all major scenes with gods, but especially
at the jugdment of the dead. He was the messanger of the gods.
Egyptian religion is
still important to the egyptians today. They still worship gods many of
them the same that they did in ancient egypt. Learning about he gods is
a very good way to help yourself to better understand Egyptian religion.
The Gods are also very fun and interesting to learn about. To learn more
about any of the topics you have read about on my page the click on the
works cited link, and you can go to the websites where i found my information.
Have Fun!