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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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The Story of Isis and Osiris

In the days before Re had left the earth, before he had begun to grow old, his great wisdom told him that if the goddess Nut bore children, one of them would end his reign among men. So Re laid … Continue reading

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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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