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EGYPTIAN
mythology
Week5
ENG 107 / CC ENG2
The Egyptian CreationStory
EGYPTIAN
GODS
RA
• God of the Sun
• King of the Gods
• a falcon crowned
with a sun disk or
a man with a
falcon's head
• greatest of the
gods
HATHOR / SEKHMET
• the Goddess of love,
music, dance
• cow horns and sundisk
on head
• goddess of joy,
motherhood, and love
• Had another side,
Sekhmet, goddess with
lion’d head
NUT
• The Sky Goddess
• blue with golden
stars
• married to the
King of the
Gods, Ra, but she
was in love with
Geb
GEB
• the Earth God
• colour of
plants and
fertile Nile
mud
• the Earth, lying
beneath her
OSIRIS
• God of the Dead
• dressed in white
with crook and flail
and white crown
• Husband of Isis and
Father of Horus
SETH
• Brother of Osiris
• God of the desert, storm
and violence
• animal head with long
curved pointed snout
• carries a sceptre, which has
his head on top and his tail
at the other end
HORUS
• Son of Isis and Osiris
• shown as a hawk, or a
man with a hawk's head
and the crown of all Egypt
• crown is made of two
parts. The white part is
the crown of Upper Egypt
(in the south) and the red
part is the crown of Lower
Egypt (including the Nile
delta).
ISIS
• Wife of Osiris and
Mother of Horus
• Queen of Goddess
• with a throne or sun disk
and horns on her head
• a great healer and
magician
• got her magic powers by
tricking Ra
THOTH
• Husband of Ma'at
• God of Wisdom, Time,
Writing and the Moon
• head of an ibis
• invented hieroglyphs
• measurer of the earth and
the counter of the stars,
• the keeper and recorder of
all knowledge
ANUBIS
• God of
Embalming
• head of jackal
• invented
embalming to
embalm Osiris, the
first mummy
• guide of the dead
MA’AT
• Wife of Thoth
• Goddess of Justice
• ostrich feather in her hair
• helped at the Weighing
of the Heart
• goddess of truth and
harmony
AMUN
• God of Creation
• crowned with ostrich
feathers
• an important god, but
there are no stories
about him
• sometimes spelled
Ammon
• his sacred animal is a
ram
BASTET
• Daughter of Ra
• Proctectress of
Cats
• Originally she had
the head of a lion
• sometimes called
bast
The Story of Seth and Osiris
EGYPTIAN
MUMMIFICATION
MUMMIES OF ANCIENT EGYPT
A mummy, in terms of Ancient Egypt, is body
that has been well preserved for thousands of
years. The process was long and tedious;
however, essential for an Egyptian as it meant
an existence in the Afterlife. The embalmers
went to great lengths to ensure their
mummies were carefully anointed, wrapped,
and packaged—then they were carried to their
tombs and laid to rest.
MUMMIFICATION
• varied depending on the financial status of the
person being mummified and the time period
of the mummy
• evolved throughout Ancient Egypt
• According to Herodotus, there were three
methods of mummification that were broken
up into classes; wealthy, middle, and poor. The
wealthy citizens had the most lavish
mummification performed while the middle
class had a downgraded version of the
wealthy. The poor citizens were done
minimally—enough to preserve the body.
EARLY MUMMIFICATION PROCESS
• Early mummification was simple.
• The body was placed into a pit and the heat from
the desert quickly dehydrated moist flesh. This in
turn preserved the body.
• As the Egyptians fine tuned the process they
eventually started removing the internal organs
such as the brain, intestine, and stomach. These
organs quickly decomposed and were placed
inside separate jars to avoid extreme damage to
the body due to decomposition.
CURSE OF THE MUMMY
• The curse of the mummy began when many
terrible events occurred after the discovery of
King Tut's tomb.
• Legend has it that anyone who dared to open the
tomb would suffer the wrath of the mummy.
Because mummies have been associated with
many magical powers throughout history, some
of the mummies found from Egypt were ground
into a fine powder and sold as mystical mummy
powder.
• It's believed the powder had magical healing
powers and it wasn't until the discovery of King
Tut and the hype of the media that things would
change forever.
PICTURES OF MUMMIES
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Egyptian literature

  • 4. RA • God of the Sun • King of the Gods • a falcon crowned with a sun disk or a man with a falcon's head • greatest of the gods
  • 5. HATHOR / SEKHMET • the Goddess of love, music, dance • cow horns and sundisk on head • goddess of joy, motherhood, and love • Had another side, Sekhmet, goddess with lion’d head
  • 6. NUT • The Sky Goddess • blue with golden stars • married to the King of the Gods, Ra, but she was in love with Geb
  • 7. GEB • the Earth God • colour of plants and fertile Nile mud • the Earth, lying beneath her
  • 8. OSIRIS • God of the Dead • dressed in white with crook and flail and white crown • Husband of Isis and Father of Horus
  • 9. SETH • Brother of Osiris • God of the desert, storm and violence • animal head with long curved pointed snout • carries a sceptre, which has his head on top and his tail at the other end
  • 10. HORUS • Son of Isis and Osiris • shown as a hawk, or a man with a hawk's head and the crown of all Egypt • crown is made of two parts. The white part is the crown of Upper Egypt (in the south) and the red part is the crown of Lower Egypt (including the Nile delta).
  • 11. ISIS • Wife of Osiris and Mother of Horus • Queen of Goddess • with a throne or sun disk and horns on her head • a great healer and magician • got her magic powers by tricking Ra
  • 12. THOTH • Husband of Ma'at • God of Wisdom, Time, Writing and the Moon • head of an ibis • invented hieroglyphs • measurer of the earth and the counter of the stars, • the keeper and recorder of all knowledge
  • 13. ANUBIS • God of Embalming • head of jackal • invented embalming to embalm Osiris, the first mummy • guide of the dead
  • 14. MA’AT • Wife of Thoth • Goddess of Justice • ostrich feather in her hair • helped at the Weighing of the Heart • goddess of truth and harmony
  • 15. AMUN • God of Creation • crowned with ostrich feathers • an important god, but there are no stories about him • sometimes spelled Ammon • his sacred animal is a ram
  • 16. BASTET • Daughter of Ra • Proctectress of Cats • Originally she had the head of a lion • sometimes called bast
  • 17. The Story of Seth and Osiris
  • 19. MUMMIES OF ANCIENT EGYPT A mummy, in terms of Ancient Egypt, is body that has been well preserved for thousands of years. The process was long and tedious; however, essential for an Egyptian as it meant an existence in the Afterlife. The embalmers went to great lengths to ensure their mummies were carefully anointed, wrapped, and packaged—then they were carried to their tombs and laid to rest.
  • 20. MUMMIFICATION • varied depending on the financial status of the person being mummified and the time period of the mummy • evolved throughout Ancient Egypt • According to Herodotus, there were three methods of mummification that were broken up into classes; wealthy, middle, and poor. The wealthy citizens had the most lavish mummification performed while the middle class had a downgraded version of the wealthy. The poor citizens were done minimally—enough to preserve the body.
  • 21. EARLY MUMMIFICATION PROCESS • Early mummification was simple. • The body was placed into a pit and the heat from the desert quickly dehydrated moist flesh. This in turn preserved the body. • As the Egyptians fine tuned the process they eventually started removing the internal organs such as the brain, intestine, and stomach. These organs quickly decomposed and were placed inside separate jars to avoid extreme damage to the body due to decomposition.
  • 22. CURSE OF THE MUMMY • The curse of the mummy began when many terrible events occurred after the discovery of King Tut's tomb. • Legend has it that anyone who dared to open the tomb would suffer the wrath of the mummy. Because mummies have been associated with many magical powers throughout history, some of the mummies found from Egypt were ground into a fine powder and sold as mystical mummy powder. • It's believed the powder had magical healing powers and it wasn't until the discovery of King Tut and the hype of the media that things would change forever.