Sebiumeker was an anthropomorphic god of procreation the Meroitic (Nubian) pantheon. His main center of worship is in the temple complex at Musawwarat el-Sufra in the desert east of the sixth cataract…
Category: Ancient Egypt World
Imhotep
God of the architecture and the sciences, he have the appearance of a man dressed in the robes of a noble with the punt beard and carrying the tools of a builder….
Bes
God of the home, childbirth, infants, humor, song and dance, have the appearance of a fat bearded dwarf, ugly to the point of being comical. He is often shown sticking out his…
Shesmetet
Shesmetet was a leonine goddess and was probably merely a manifestation of Sakhmet. Shesmeter gives birth to the king according to the Pyramid Texts and with the democratization of Egyptian theology, becomes…
Shesmu (Shezmu, Shesemu, Shezmou)
Shesmu (Shezmu, Shesemu, Shezmou, Shesmou, Sezmu, Sesmu, Schesmu, Schezemu) was an ancient Egyptian demon-god of the underworld. He was a slaughtering demon, god of precious oils for beauty and embalming and a…
Weben
Related to the verb weben (wbn), meaning “to rise”, “rise in brilliance” or “shine” as well as ben-ben, the up thrust sacred stone of Heliopolis, benu (bennu) describes a bird that was…
Seshat
Seshat, meaning ‘female scribe’, was seen as the goddess of writing, historical records, accounting and mathematics, measurement and architecture to the ancient Egyptians. She was depicted as a woman wearing a panther-skin…
The cane bender
Branches, which nowadays are often considered waste products, were used extensively. They are stronger and more pliable than sawed pieces of wood of the same girth, but generally they do not have…