God In Ancient Egypt
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God may be it's not fare. So let's talk about them and you will feel
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Amset:
Alternate name[s]: Imsety, Mestha; Golden Dawn, Ameshet
One of the Four Sons of Horus, Amset was the protector of the
liver of the deceased, and was protected by the goddess Isis.
He was
represented as a mummified man.
Anubis:
Alternate name[s]: Anpu; Golden Dawn, Ano-Oobist
Anubis (Greek, from Egyptian Anpu) is the god of embalming.
It is Anubis who embalmed Osiris, the first mummy,
and thus preserved him to live again. His role is to glorify and
preserve all the dead. He was the son of Nephthys, although
by some traditions the father was Set, and by still others,
Osiris. Anubis is depicted as a jackal, or as a jackal-headed man.
Anubis' presence is represented in costume at the embalming
of the dead, and also at the Opening of the Mouth ceremony.
He often appears in sculptured or painted form inside tombs,
and in depictions of the Judgement of the Dead he was
present
to monitor the Scales of Truth.
Duamutef:
Alternate name[s]: Tuamutef; Golden Dawn, Thmoomathph
One of the Four Sons of Horus, Duamutef was was the
protector of the stomach of the deceased,
and was protected by the goddess Neith.
He was represented as a mummified man with
the head
of a jackal.
The
Four Sons of Horus:
The four sons of Horus were the protectors of the
parts of the body of Osiris, and from this, became the
protectors of the body of all the deceased.
Their names were: Amset, Hapi, Duamutef, and
Qebhsenuef. They were protected in turn by the
goddesses
Isis, Nephthys, Neith, and Selket.
The four sons shown here are:
Imsety, the human head
Duamutef, the jackal head
Qebehsenuef, the falcon head
Hapi, the baboon head
HAPI
Alternate name[s]: Golden Dawn, Ahephi
One of the Four Sons of Horus, Hapi was the
protector of the lungs of the deceased,
and was protected by the goddess Nephthys.
He was represented as a mummified man with
the head
of a baboon.
Horus:
Horus is king of the living, and is one of the most
important deities of Egypt. As a child, Horus
is the son of Osiris and Isis, who, upon reaching
adulthood, avenges his father's death, by defeating
and castrating his evil uncle Seth.
After this he became the divine prototype of the Pharaoh.
Horus is usually depicted as a falcon, or as a
falcon-headed man. Like, Maat, Osiris, Seth,
and
Anubis, he was present at the Judgement of the Dead.
Isis:
Alternate
name[s]: Auset
Isis is perhaps the most important goddess of all
Egyptian mythology. Her most important functions
were those of motherhood, marital devotion,
healing the sick, and the working of magical spells
and charms. She was believed to be the most
powerful magician in the universe, owing to the fact that
she had learned the Secret Name of Ra from the god himself.
Isis was the sister and wife of Osiris, sister of Set,
and twin sister of Nephthys. She was the mother
of Horus the Child (Harpocrates), and was the protective
goddess of Horus's son Amset, protector of the
liver of the deceased. Isis was responsible for
protecting Horus from Set during his infancy; for helping
Osiris to return to life; and for assisting her husband
to rule in the land of the Dead. Isis is usually
depicted as a woman wearing the crown of
Hathor, a
solar disk held inbetween cow horns.
Osiris:
Alternate name[s]: Ausar
Osiris is the god of the dead and the god of
the resurrection into eternal life; he is ruler,
protector, and judge of the deceased. His cult
originated in Abydos, where his actual tomb was
said to be located. Osiris was the first child of
Nut and Geb, thus the brother of Set, Nephthys,
and Isis, who was also his wife. By Isis he fathered
Horus, and according to some stories, Nephthys
assumed the form of Isis, seduced him thus, and
from their union was born Anubis.In the beginning,
it was said that Osiris ruled the world of men ,
after Ra had abandoned it to rule the skies, but
he was murdered by his brother Set. Through
the magic of Isis, he was made to live again. Being
the first living thing to die, he thus became
lord of the dead. His death was avenged by his
son Horus, who defeated Set and cast him out
into the
desert to the West of Egypt (the Sahara).
Ra:
Alternate name[s]: none
Ra was the god of the sun; the name is
thought to have meant "creative power,"or,
as a proper name, "Creator," similar in
meaning to the English Christian idea of
"almighty God." Very early in Egyptian history
Ra was identified with Horus, who as a hawk or
falon-god represented the loftiness of the skies.
Ra was father of Shu and Tefnut, grandfather of
Nut and Geb, great-grandfather of Osiris, Set,
Isis, and Nephthys, and great-great-grandfather
to Horus. In later periods (about Dynasty 18 on)
Osiris and Isis superceded him in popularity,
but he remained Ra netjer-aa neb-pet ("Ra, the great God,
Lord of Heaven") whether worshiped in his own right
or, in later times, as one aspect of the Lord of the
Universe, Amen-Ra. Ra is depicted either as
a hawk-headed man or as a hawk. And often,
he is depicted as traveling in a boat, which is how
he travels through the Underworld, bringing light
and speaking the words that allow
mummies
to awaken and throw off their bandages.
Set:
Alternate name[s]: Seth
In earliest times, Set was the patron deity of
Lower (Northern) Egypt, and represented the
fierce storms of the desert whom the Lower
Egyptians sought to appease. However, when Upper
Egypt conquered Lower Egypt making way for
the First Dynasty, Set became known as the evil
enemy of Horus (Upper Egypt's dynastic god).
Set was the brother of Osiris, Isis, and both brother
of and husband to Nephthys; according to some
versions of the myths he is also father of Anubis.
Set is best known for murdering his brother
and attempting to kill his nephew Horus; Horus,
however, managed to survive and grew up to
avenge his father's death by establishing his rule
over all Egypt, castrating Set, and casting him
out into
the lonely desert for all time.