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The Story of Re
“there arose out of the darkness a great shining egg, and this was Re.” In the beginning, before there was any land of Egypt, all was darkness, and there was nothing but a great waste of water called Nun. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Aker, apis, book, first cataract, goddess sekhmet, goddesses, hap, heaven and earth, lower egypt, min, mountains, nun, nut, ra, re, serpent, shed, Underworld
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Nekhbet – Goddess of the Power of Kings
Nekhbet (Nekhebet, Nechbet) was the predynastic vulture goddess who was originally a goddess of a city, but grew to become patron of Upper Egypt, a guardian of mothers and children, and one of the nebty (the ‘two ladies’) of the … Continue reading
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Tagged goddesses, lower egypt, nekhbet, royal women, sun disk, symbol of eternity, upper egypt, vulture
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Ipy – A Mother of Osiris
Ipy (Apet, Ipet, Opet) was a benign hippopotamus goddess known as a protective and nourishing deity. Her name seems to mean ‘harem’ or ‘favored place’. Our first reference to her comes from the Pyramid Texts, where the king asks that … Continue reading
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Tagged apet, goddesses, harem, hippopotamus, ipet, ipy, opet, Osiris, pregnant woman
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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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Tagged egyptians, goddesses, Hauhet, Heh, rising sun, sun god ra, sun grants
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