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The ancient Egyptians
believed in many gods. Here is a list of some of them: Re - Sun God, most important, sometimes represented by hawk and scarab Hathor - Goddess of Love, represented by a cow Thoth - God of Wisdom, represented by an ibis Anubis - Judge of the Dead, represented by a jackal Osiris - God of the Dead Sobek - Lord of Fairyrum, represented by a crocodile Set - enemy of Horus and Osiris Horus - Sky God, son of Re, he possesses the Pharoaoh Bast - Cat God of the Delta Bes - Dwarf with a lion’s face, music and jollyness Geb - Earth God Hapy - Nile God Isis - wife of Osirir, represents the mother Khnum - ram-headed, made men on the pottery wheel |
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| Khons - Moon god Maat - represents truth Min - represents fertility Nut - Sky Goddess Ptah - patron of craftsman Thoeris - patron of childbirth, represented by a hippo Devourer - ate the heart of those who did not do good, had the head of a crocodile, the body of a lion, and the hind legs of a hippo |
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| Temples
The incenses burn
filling the shrine with a foggy perfume. Candles illuminated the windowless-room.
The priests brought forth gifts for the sun god Re, the head god.
This is what it was like in most ancient Egyptian temples. Temples were the center point in most Egyptian cities. Even the pharaoh came to the temple to worship the gods. A lot of the temples were devoted to worshiping a single god, however some were devoted to worshiping all gods. Gifts were given to the gods to keep them happy or a request a specific favor. |
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Afterlife Rows of mourners lined the street as they watched a death parade. Brought along by the marchers were all of the recently decect pharaohs worldly possessions and other things to be used in the afterlife. The afterlife was where Egyptians believed the decect went. Once in the underworld called Duat the souls of the dead were faired across the River of Souls. Then they had to pass through a maze filled with monsters and other perils. To help them escape the monsters they were given the book of the dead. In this book was written spells to defeat the monsters. At the end of their journey in the presence of Osiris and 75 other gods his heart was weighed against a feather by Anubis. If it was balanced then the pharaoh had lived a good life and went to live with the gods. If it was heavier then the Devourer, a monster that is part crocodile, part hippo, and part lion, ate his heart. The afterlife was said to be just like life on Earth. |
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