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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Montu – Warrior and Solar God
Throughout the world in ancient times, man worshipped the sun. We find monuments to the sun gods all over the world, but in Egypt we really begin to get a feel for just how the sun dominated early theology. In … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient times man, city of the sun, cult statue, montu, strong man, sun gods
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Min – God of Fertility
Min (Menew, Amsu) was one of the Egyptian gods worshiped from predynastic times. The earliest forms of the god – his fetish – was of a barbed arrow or a thunderbolt. (The strange arrow, over time, became the first hieroglyph, … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient egyptians, cos lettuce, erect penis, fertility god, flail, god of fertility, min
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Mihos – Son of Bastet
Mihos was the lion god and son of Bastet called Miysis by the Greeks. His local roots were at Leontopolis (modern Tell el-Muqdam) in nome eleven of Lower Egypt in the Eastern Delta. Osorkon III of the 22nd Dynasty erected … Continue reading
Meskhenet – Goddess of Childbrith
Meskhenet was a goddess who presided at child birth. In her form of a tile terminating in a female head (called in the Book of the Dead “cubit-with-head”) she represents one of the bricks upon which women in ancient Egypt … Continue reading
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Tagged child birth, force of destiny, god khnum, meskhenet, rebirth, women in ancient egypt
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Mertseger – Guardian of the Valley of the Kings
Meretseger (Mertseger, Merseger, Mereseger) was the ancient Egyptian goddess of the necropolis at Waset (Thebes). She watched over the deceased in their tombs, protecting them and their belonging from tomb robbers. She also protected the area from criminals and oath … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient egyptian goddess, cure for blindness, full woman, kingdom pharaohs, meretseger, royal necropolis, Thebes, tombs, valley of kings
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Menhit – Lion-headed War Goddess
Together with her husband Khenmu and their son Hike, Menhit was worshipped in Upper Egypt, the three were called the Esna Triad. She is called “The Slaughterer” and like most Egyptian war-deities, she was believed to ride ahead of the … Continue reading
Mehet-Weret – Cow Goddess of the Sky
Mehet-Weret (Mehetweret, Mehitweret, Mehit-Weret, Methyer, Mehueret, Mehturt, Meh-Urt) was the goddess of streaming water, a goddess related to creation and to rebirth. Her name means “Great Flood” or “Great Tide”, linking her with water and the primeval waters of Nun. … Continue reading
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Tagged afterlife, celestial cow, cow goddess, goddess of water, headdress, mehet-weret, papyri, patron goddess, sun disk, sun god
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Mehen – Defender of the Sun Boat
Appearance: A serpent-headed man holding a spear, standing in the prow of the Sun Boat, or as a giant snake coiled around it. In the Old Kingdom and in predynastic literature, Mehen, along with Set in his original form, fights … Continue reading
Ma'at – Goddess of Truth, Balance, Order…
Ma’at, unlike Hathor and Nephthys, seemed to be more of a concept than an actual goddess. Her name, literally, meant ‘truth’ in Egyptian. She was truth, order, balance and justice personified. She was harmony, she was what was right, she … Continue reading
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Tagged egyptian underworld, nephthys, order of the universe, perfect balance, rational place, regularity, river flood, winged goddess
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Mandulis – The Lower Nubian Sun God
Manulis was a sun god of Lower (northern) Nubia. He is usually depicted wearing a crown of ram horns surmounted by high plumes, sun disks and cobras. His name in Egyptian inscriptions is “Merwel” but the Greek version, as found … Continue reading