Osiris - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Osiris, the “Mighty One,” was both god of the dead and a central figure of Egyptian mythology. His cult arose around 2600BCE, as those of competing deities, including Andjety of Busiris and Khentamentiu of Abydos, declined. [1]
Isis – Mythopedia
2022年12月8日 · Isis was able to locate all of Osiris’s body parts, with the exception of his penis. When she put his body back together, Isis replaced his phallus with a waxen copy. Egyptian sources often omitted any mention of dismemberment; these sources held that Osiris’s bodily degradation was the result of natural decomposition.
Horus – Mythopedia
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.
Anubis - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Early on in Egyptian history, Anubis was worshiped as a god of the dead. After Osiris rose to prominence, Anubis’s role changed. He became a god of embalming and psychopomp who escorted the dead on their journey to the afterlife. In the post-Late Period (664-30BCE) era, Anubis became associated with necromancers.
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 …
Set – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · A wily trickster, Set was the Egyptian god of confusion and disorder. Though he generally played an antagonistic role in Egyptian mythology, Set still played a key role in the Egyptian cosmos. He would ultimately ally himself with Osiris, riding on the front of the solar barque and defending it from Apophis—an elemental chaos beast.
Nephthys - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Nephthys was one of several Egyptian weaving gods, and the bandages Osiris was wrapped in were sometimes referred to as the “tresses of Nephthys.” Family. Nephthys was the youngest child of the gods Nut and Geb. Her siblings included Osiris, …
Ra - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Shu was the god of the air, while Tefnut was the goddess of mists. As the god of kings and order, Ra had a special connection to maat, a key mythological concept. Maat was both the Egyptian word for “truth, justice, righteousness, order, balance, and cosmic law,” and the goddess who personified these ideals.
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.
Geb - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Geb was closely linked to kingship. Pharaohs were sometimes referred to as “heirs of Geb,” and the Egyptian throne was nicknamed “the seat of Geb.” Family. Geb was part of the third generation of Egyptian gods. His parents, Shu and Tefnut, were the offspring of Ra. As was common amongst the Egyptian gods, Geb married his sister, Nut.