The mythology of the Aten, the radiant disk of the sun, is not only unique in Egyptian history, but is also one of the most complex and controversial aspects of Ancient Egypt….
Category: Ancient Egypt World
Twenty-eighth Dynasty
The forty years ending with the death of Darius II in 404 BC are a complete blank so far as Egypt is concerned. It is only amid the stirring events attending the…
Osiris, god of the underworld
Egyptian god of the underworld and of vegetation. Son of Nut and Geb. His birthplace was said to be Rosetau in the necropolis west of Memphis. Brother of Nephthys and Seth, and…
Set ( Seth, Sutekh)
God of the winds, storms, chaos, evil, darkness, strength, war, conflict, Upper Egypt, he have the appearance of a man with the head of a jackal-like animal. In depictions of his battle…
Osiris ( Oser, Aser, Asar, Usire )
God of the Underworld, the dead, past Pharaohs, agriculture, fertility, have the appearance In his original form, a green-skinned man dressed in the raiment of a pharaoh. Following the Legend of Osiris,…
Anat
Much of the world’s religion today originated in the regions bordering the Mediterranean Sea, including what is today Israel, together with its neighboring countries. In ancient times, these old states often imported…
Yamm
Yamm was a Tyrannical god of the sea found who we know of from a fragmentary papyrus (Astarte Papyrus) which seems to hint that his exorbitant demands for tribute from the other…
Horus the Child
Probably one of the best known of the child deities was Horus the Child, which was actually a name given to a number of related forms of divine infant. Most were the…