Egyptian Mythology Gods And Goddesses Family Tree
Listen to this article the gods and goddesses of ancient egypt were an integral part of the people s everyday lives.
Egyptian mythology gods and goddesses family tree. Maahes mahes mihos a lion god son of bastet. 2 amun ra and amun ra. 20 major egyptian gods goddesses and their family tree 1 nun. Egyptian mythology overview egyptian gods and goddesses are some of the most fascinating and complicated figures.
Like the greek and roman gods which were probably inspired by their structure the egyptian gods were often arranged into family units although they weren t always families. Gods and myths of ancient egypt. It is not surprising then that there were over 2 000 deities in the egyptian pantheon. Khonsu a moon god son of amun and mut.
This family tree isn t strictly speaking historically accurate because what we think of as the egyptian pantheon is really a whole bunch of similar but not identical pantheons which were mostly based in individual. The primeval god associated with a deep watery mass source. I opened a store it has a poster of this as well as updated versions of the norse and greek god family trees i did a while back. The below image created by korwin briggs at veritable hokum depicts a cartoon family tree of the egyptian gods.
Some of these deities names are well known. The ancient egyptian gods of sun and wind source. American university in cairo press the. The egyptian gods like isis osiris set horus thoth anubis and lots more were an incredibly diverse group.
For example the cyclic pattern of the sun and seasonal pattern of nile floods that enriched the soil played their crucial roles in establishing the water and the sun as symbols of life. Fallenshadow forum every mythology tends to start. A general family tree that connects these gods and goddesses will also be provided. Gods of the egyptians the studies in egyptian mythology budge e.
More to come soon. Egyptian mythology and its family tree of gods pertaining to the last sentence of our introduction the nascent stages of ancient egyptian mythology were presumably influenced by the natural surroundings and events affecting egypt itself. Khnum khnemu a ram god the patron deity of elephantine who was said to control the nile flood and give life to gods and humans. Dictionary of egyptian gods and goddesses a.
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