Osiris - God of the Dead dressed in white with crook and flail and white crown
Osiris is shown as a man with a beard wearing white mummy wrappings. His crown is the white crown of Upper Egypt surrounded 의해 red feathers. His skin is green to represent vegetation. He holds the symbols of supreme power, the flail and crook. The crook is used 의해 shepherds to catch their sheep. The flail is used in threshing, to separate the grains from the outer husks. Osiris was the God of the Dead. 당신 would expect that such a god would be gloomy 또는 even evil, but the Egyptians thought about death a lot. They mummified their dead and buried them with their belongings so they could enjoy themselves in the afterlife.
Osiris ruled over the Egyptians and taught them farming. His brother Seth had always hated him, and wanted to kill him. Seth made a beautiful box, like a coffin, made to the exact measurements of Osiris. Then Seth invited Osiris and other people to a great feast. When everyone had finished eating, Seth displayed the box, and said that he'd give it to anyone who fitted inside. Everyone tried, but only Osiris fitted. While he was still inside, Seth and his 프렌즈 quickly slammed on the lid and threw the box in the Nile river.
Osiris is shown as a man with a beard wearing white mummy wrappings. His crown is the white crown of Upper Egypt surrounded 의해 red feathers. His skin is green to represent vegetation. He holds the symbols of supreme power, the flail and crook. The crook is used 의해 shepherds to catch their sheep. The flail is used in threshing, to separate the grains from the outer husks. Osiris was the God of the Dead. 당신 would expect that such a god would be gloomy 또는 even evil, but the Egyptians thought about death a lot. They mummified their dead and buried them with their belongings so they could enjoy themselves in the afterlife.
Osiris ruled over the Egyptians and taught them farming. His brother Seth had always hated him, and wanted to kill him. Seth made a beautiful box, like a coffin, made to the exact measurements of Osiris. Then Seth invited Osiris and other people to a great feast. When everyone had finished eating, Seth displayed the box, and said that he'd give it to anyone who fitted inside. Everyone tried, but only Osiris fitted. While he was still inside, Seth and his 프렌즈 quickly slammed on the lid and threw the box in the Nile river.
Bastet - Protectress of Cats, cat 또는 head of a cat
Bastet was sometimes called bast. She was the goddess of cats. She is a cat, 또는 has the head of a cat, but originally she had the head of a lion.
Every 일 the sun god Ra would travel in his ship across the sky. Every night the snake Apep tried to stop the sun god's ship on his journey through the underworld. Ra was usually won these battles. However, on stormy days, 또는 during an eclipse, the Egyptians believed that Apep had been 빅토리어스 and swallowed the sun. Bastet defended her father Ra against the snake.
Bastet was the proctress of cats. The Ancient Egyptians had a great respect for 고양이 since they protected the grain from mice and rats. Rats can also cause disease. Killing a cat was punishable 의해 death. When a cat died, the family mourned it, shaving their eyebrows to mark their sadness. 고양이 were sometimes mummified, like people, and their mummies have been found.
Bastet was sometimes called bast. She was the goddess of cats. She is a cat, 또는 has the head of a cat, but originally she had the head of a lion.
Every 일 the sun god Ra would travel in his ship across the sky. Every night the snake Apep tried to stop the sun god's ship on his journey through the underworld. Ra was usually won these battles. However, on stormy days, 또는 during an eclipse, the Egyptians believed that Apep had been 빅토리어스 and swallowed the sun. Bastet defended her father Ra against the snake.
Bastet was the proctress of cats. The Ancient Egyptians had a great respect for 고양이 since they protected the grain from mice and rats. Rats can also cause disease. Killing a cat was punishable 의해 death. When a cat died, the family mourned it, shaving their eyebrows to mark their sadness. 고양이 were sometimes mummified, like people, and their mummies have been found.
Amun - God of Creation, crowned with ostrich feathers
Amun was an important god, but there are no stories about him. He created all things. At the same time, he remained apart from creation, totally different from it, and fully independent from it. In fact, he was invisible, so 당신 couldn't have a picture of him! However, if 당신 called him Amun-Re, this allowed people to see him. Then he had a hat with ostrich feathers on, and like all gods with human heads, a beard. Re is another way of spelling Ra, the sun god.
Tutankhamun's name contains the name of Amun. It also contains the Ankh, which means Life. His name means "Long life to Amun."
Amun is sometimes spelled Ammon. The fossil ammonites are called after him, because his sacred animal is a ram, and ammonites are shaped like ram's horns.
Amun was an important god, but there are no stories about him. He created all things. At the same time, he remained apart from creation, totally different from it, and fully independent from it. In fact, he was invisible, so 당신 couldn't have a picture of him! However, if 당신 called him Amun-Re, this allowed people to see him. Then he had a hat with ostrich feathers on, and like all gods with human heads, a beard. Re is another way of spelling Ra, the sun god.
Tutankhamun's name contains the name of Amun. It also contains the Ankh, which means Life. His name means "Long life to Amun."
Amun is sometimes spelled Ammon. The fossil ammonites are called after him, because his sacred animal is a ram, and ammonites are shaped like ram's horns.