Ammit: The Egyptian Devourer Who Was Not a God, Had No Temples, and Represented a Fate Worse Than Death
Ammit was not worshipped. This is the first and most important thing to understand about her. In a religion with […]
Ammit was not worshipped. This is the first and most important thing to understand about her. In a religion with […]
Anubis is the most recognisable figure in Egyptian mythology. The jackal head, the black fur, the scales of justice, the
In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a capital offence. Not harming the sacred cats of a specific temple, which
Nephthys is the wife of the murderer, the sister of the victim, the mother of the embalmer, and the loyal
Ra sent Sekhmet to punish humanity for their disobedience. He watched for a while as she killed, and then he
Hathor is the goddess of love, beauty, music, dance, motherhood, and joy. She is the most widely worshipped goddess in
Isis is the most powerful magical practitioner in Egyptian mythology. This is not a matter of interpretation or emphasis. The
At the city of Shedet in the Faiyum region of Egypt, a city the Greeks called Crocodilopolis, the priests of
The most philosophically sophisticated creation myth in Egyptian religion belongs to a god who is rarely the first name people
Thoth invented hieroglyphics. He also invented mathematics, medicine, science, law, and magic. He is the divine scribe who records the