1. Name: Peter Sison 8-73 Date: 2/16/12
CORNELL NOTETAKING
Key Words Main Ideas/Supporting Ideas
Four Deities Important to all Egyp-
tians Ra, Osiris, Isis, Anubis
Ra Sun God
Sailed across the sky in papyrus boat.
Brought sun with him (explained sunrise/sunset)
Osiris God of underworld, vegetation and floods
King of the delta-farmers
Murdered by brother Seth
Wife Isis reunited his body (14 pcs)
Shown=enthroned king
Wife of Osiris
Goddess of Magic spells
Isis Collected 14 pieces of Osiris’s body from all over earth
Brought Osiris back to life
Protector of children
Often shown with son Horus sitting on her knee
Cult became popular with the romans.
God of dead/Guardians of the tombs/god of mummifica-
Anubis tion
Represented in pictures as a jackals
Egyptians believed that souls were judged by Anubis
when they die
Anubis means “He who counts the heart”
Guide to the next world
Bes
Connections and Reflections
(Summary)