Hathor - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Hathor was the cow-headed Egyptian goddess of love, marriage and motherhood. Like most long-worshiped deities she performed numerous mythological roles, including massacring the enemies of Ra, healing Horus, and nourishing the dead in the afterlife.
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Bastet - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Bastet was a significant deity from a very early period in Egyptian history. At the Valley Temple of Khafre at Giza (c. 2570 BCE), she and Hathor were the only gods whose names were recorded. Initially worshipped as a fierce lioness goddess, Bastet eventually became better known for her gentler aspects.
Isis – Mythopedia
2022年12月8日 · Isis was usually depicted in human form, and could sometimes be seen carrying a sistrum (an ancient percussion instrument). The myths and imagery surrounding Isis and another goddess, Hathor, were sometimes conflated. Isis would, at times, bear the cow horns and solar disk more commonly associated with Hathor.
Horus – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · The Edfu temple hosted an annual festival celebrating Horus’s “beautiful union” with Hathor, who was featured not only as Horus’s mother, but as his consort and daughter as well. The scorpion goddess Ta-Bitjet was sometimes referred to as the wife of Horus, though which iteration she was married to remains unclear. Family Tree. Parents
Bixia – Mythopedia
2022年12月1日 · Bixia (碧霞) is a Chinese fertility goddess who protects young children and mothers. Also associated with the dawn, she set the perilous Yellow River back in its place during the Great Flood of China.
Egyptian Gods - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Egyptian gods and goddesses were incarnations of both natural phenomena, such as the sun, and social phenomena, like knowledge. Egypt itself was ruled by a pharaoh who claimed to be the gods’ representative on earth, and who acted as …
Anubis - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Anubis was the jackal-headed Egyptian god of mummification. Originally the powerful son of Ra and god of the dead, as other deities rose in prominence he became the escort of the newly deceased into the afterlife.
Egyptian God Names - Mythopedia
Egyptian god and goddess name inspiration. Egyptian gods and goddesses had names with deep meanings—Amun, for example, means “the hidden one,” a reference to his deeply mysterious nature. Additionally, Egyptian god names often described gods and goddesses who had key roles in death and the afterlife, like Anubis, the god of mummification.
Nephthys - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · The interior of the coffin of Imenemipet (1069-945 BCE). Nephthys appears on the left, while Isis appears on the right; a cartouche bearing Osiris’s name lies between them. The kite forms of each goddess can be seen behind their respective human forms. Frans Vandewalle CC BY-NC-SA 2.0