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Menkaure (Mycerinus)
While the great pyramids of the Giza Plateau attest to the lofty rule of at least three of Egypt’s early, 4th Dynasty rulers, we actually know very little about these men. Of course, one reason for this was the lack … Continue reading
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Khasekhemwy
Khasekhemwy is perhaps the best attested ruler of the 2nd Dynasty, a period that we know very little about in general. Egyptologists have normally placed him as the successor of Seth-Peribsen, though Manetho lists three kings between them, consisting of … Continue reading
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Tagged early dynastic period, egyptians, jackel, Khasekhemwy, lower egypt, population of egypt, stone vase
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Yah – Another Moon God
It is interesting that the earliest references to the name Yah (Yaeh) refer to the moon as a satellite of the earth in its physical form. From this, the term becomes conceptualized as a lunar deity, pictorially anthropomorphic but whose … Continue reading
Renenutet – Goddess of the Harvest
Renenutet (Renenet, Ernutet, Termuthis), “She Who Rears”, was a cobra goddess of nursing or rearing children, fertility and protector of the pharaoh. Known as the “Nourishing Snake”, she not only was a goddess who was sometimes shown nursing a child, … Continue reading
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Qadesh – Goddess of Esctasy and Sexual Pleasure
Qadesh was Middle-Eastern goddess of sacred ecstasy and sexual pleasure, adopted in the New Kingdom by the Egyptians into a triad with the gods Min and Reshep. Her name, probably meaning the “holy”, gives no clue to her origins but … Continue reading
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Tagged ecstasy, egyptian goddess of love, egyptians, eroticism, esctasy, fertility, goddess of love, qadesh, sexual pleasure
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Osiris – Lord of the Dead
Throughout the height of Egyptian civilization, Osiris (Oser, Aser, Asar, Usire) was the primary deity. In power, he was second only his father, Ra, and was the leader of the gods on earth. He was the husband of Isis and … Continue reading
Nun and Naunet – Gods of Chaos and Water
The Egyptians believed that before the world was formed, there was a watery mass of dark, directionless chaos. In this chaos lived the Ogdoad of Khmunu (Hermopolis), four frog gods and four snake goddesses of chaos. These deities were Nun … Continue reading
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Nehebkau – the God who Joined the Ka to the Body
Nehebkau (Nehebu-Kau, Nehebkhau), ‘He Who Unites the Kas’, was a benevolent snake god who the Egyptians believed was one of the original primeval gods. He was linked to the sun god, swimming around in the primeval waters before creation, then … Continue reading
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Tagged book of the dead, egyptians, homage, magical power, nehebkau, primeval waters, scepters, snake god, sun god
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Heh and Hauhet – Deities of Infinity and Eternity
The Egyptians believed that before the world was formed, there was a watery mass of dark, directionless chaos. In this chaos lived the Ogdoad of Khmunu (Hermopolis), four frog gods and four snake goddesses of chaos. These deities were Nun … Continue reading
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Haurun – The Victorious Herdsman
Haurun was an earth-god of Canaan identified most importantly in Egypt with the Great Sphinx at Giza. Haurun is attested as a name in Egypt for over 1200 years from 1900 BC when he occurs in the name of a … Continue reading
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Tagged canaanite myth, earth god, egyptians, Haurun, rising sun, syrian workers, tree of death
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