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This is a picture of Osiris. This image was taken fro www.gywdir.demon.co.uk/jo/egypt/index.htm |
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This is a picture of Osiris. This image was taken fro www.gywdir.demon.co.uk/jo/egypt/index.htm |
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The Gods exist in the people's mind's to give them an explanation for every day occurrences. They gave a belief that there is an afterlife to the people, and they gave confidence to the people in everyday life. The Gods got in return offerings, prayers, and sacrifices. The Egyptian gods were depicted as people with the heads of animals, because they were believed to be Theophanies ( THE-ofa-nie), "images that represent the gods in different forms or manifestations." Since The Egyptians were surrounded by wild life, they believed that the animals were the spiritual truths. The gods provided an explanation for natural occurrences in daily life, they were not quite the main part of this religion.
Here is a list and description of the main gods and goddesses...
Tuat: the Egyptian supreme god, invisible, self existent, immortal, omniscient, the creator of heaven, Earth, and the underworld.
Ra: The Egyptian
sun god usually represented as a man with a falcon's head, falcon, or
a beetle.
Amen: The Egyptian king of gods from
Thebes. Amen was identified with Ra in the new
kingdom (1550 B.C.-1050 B.C.). The God Amen or Amen-Ra had two
Theophanies the ram and goose. Amen's main temple was Karnak the
largest religious structure on Earth.
Atum: Comes from the Egyptian root "not
to be". Atum was also recognized with Ra. Atum was represented as the
setting sun, the sun rising, or a man's head with the double crown of
Egypt.
Thoth: The Egyptian god of writing, moon,
knowledge, and magic. Thoth was a self existing being that created
himself. Thoth's Theophanies are the Baboon and Ibis.
Ptah: The Egyptian god who can say the name of an object
and it will appear before him. Ptah was the main deity of Memphis.
Ptah is also the god of crafts. Ptah was shown as a man in a tight
cloak, a blue skullcap, and was holding a staff with Osiris' backbone
amulet on the top. Ptah's wife was Sekhmet the goddess of war shown
as a lady with a lioness head or a lion.
Osiris: The Egyptian god of the death. His
wife is Isis his mother is Nut and his child is Horus. Osiris became
the god of the dead because his brother Seth killed him. He then he
found his brother's body again and knew his sister Isis was going to
resurrect Osiris, so he dismembered his brothers body and spread it
all over Egypt. Eventually Isis found all of Osiris except a hand
that got eaten by a crab. Osiris went down to the under world and
became the king of the underworld, god of the dead and the first
mummy. Benu the phoenix is Osiris' theophanie.
Horus: The Egyptian god of pharaoh. Horus
protected pharaoh in this life and the next. Horus' mother is Isis
and father is Osiris. Horus' theophanie was the falcon. Horus' main
temple was at Edfu. The amulet of the eye was a representation of
Horus and Ra. The amulet of the eye was supposed to be the sight of
the mummies.
Anubis: Anubis was the god of embalming and protector of
the dead. Anubis was usually shown as a man with a jackal's head.
Anubis' theophanie was a jackal. Anubis' mother is Nepthys the
goddess of tombs and homes and his father was Set the god of
disasters.
Sobek: The god of water and marshes . Sobek's
theophanie is the crocodile. Sobek's city is at Fayum or
Crocodileopolis. At Crocodileopolis (the center cult of Sobek) the
priests kept crocodiles in pools and decorated them in jewels. Sobek
was depicted as a man with a crocodile's head or a crocodile.
Khunum: Khunum is the god that also created
mankind. He created man on a potters wheel and then breathed life
into them. Khunum was shown as a man with a goats head or a goat. His
theophanie is a goat. Khunum's wife is Saitis of Neith. Satis is the
goddess with title of divine mother. Their daughter is Anukis goddess
of the hunt.
Aten: Aten was the god of the sun and was the only god
in Egypt in the time of Pharaoh Akenaten (horizon of Aten). Akenaten
created this god because scientists believe as a prince he was
neglected because he was deformed. So the royal family didn't include
him in religious ceremonies or festivals. And one day he becomes
Pharaoh so he decides out with those old gods and in with mine the
new combined action-packed Aten. Scientists believe that Akenaten was
the first monotheist in history.