Enlight Meshent, Bes, Taurt, Shai and the Seven Hathor As soon as labor begins, the goddess Meshen(i)t, the patroness of women in labor and assistant to midwives, rushes to her aid along with Hathor and Isis; beautiful young woman in a headdress made of m... Myths Myths of Ancient Egypt
Enlight Boat of Eternity, Retinue of Ra and a day's sailing across the sky When Ra left people and ascended to heaven, the goddess Maat established a new world order. From now on and forever, the earthly world was surrounded on all sides by a chain of high mountains supporti... Myths Myths of Ancient Egypt
Enlight Isis and Chorus in the Delta Swamps Isis raised her son alone. In the mornings, having lulled the baby to sleep, she hid him in a papyrus nest and went to some village to get food, and returned back in the evening. Once the goddess was ... Myths Myths of Ancient Egypt
Enlight Imhotep. Ancient Egyptian temples The pharaohs erected palaces for their glory - for earthly life, and eternal refuges - pyramids, mastabas and (from the New Kingdom) tombs - for the other world. The architects, stonemasons and sculpt... Myths Myths of Ancient Egypt
Enlight The earthly reign of Osiris and the conspiracy of Set After the wise Thoth won five days from the Moon and added them to the solar year, the sky goddess gained the opportunity to give birth to one child on each of the five New Year's days. On the first d... Myths Myths of Ancient Egypt
Enlight Resurrection of the Sun in the Duat The most detailed information about the Underworld and the underground journey of Ra in the Boat of Eternity is contained - along with the "Book of Day and Night" and the "Book of Gates", the texts of... Myths Myths of Ancient Egypt
Enlight Resurrection of Osiris When Horus became an adult youth, he entered into battle with Set. During the battle, Seth managed to tear out Horus's eye. Set cut the eye into 64 pieces and scattered them throughout Egypt. Thoth ca... Myths Myths of Ancient Egypt
Enlight Resurrection and journey along the Duat An amulet with the image of a scarab was placed on the heart of the deceased - this ensured resurrection. Numerous amulets were wrapped in shrouds of mummies, laid out in the coffin and installed in t... Myths Myths of Ancient Egypt
Enlight Ra's Ascension to Heaven After the wise god of the Sun saved the Egyptians from the merciless lioness Sokhmet, the goddess of justice Maat again established peace on earth. However, Ra, who had already become completely decre... Myths Myths of Ancient Egypt
Enlight Ra's fight against the forces of darkness and darkness When Ra ascended the throne, the eternal enemy of the Sun, the giant serpent Apep - an evil monster 450 cubits long, attacked the solar god in order to overthrow him and destroy him. Ra entered into b... Myths Myths of Ancient Egypt
Enlight Goddesses Sokhmet and Hathor The daughter of Ra and the wife of Ptah, the lion-headed goddess Sokhmet - “The Mighty One” - was revered as the embodiment of the Eye of Wadjet: she personified the powers contained in the uraeus ser... Myths Myths of Ancient Egypt
Enlight God of the Moon and wisdom Thoth and his wife Seshet Thoth (Jhuti) is one of the most ancient Egyptian gods. In the Predynastic era he, as the deity of the Moon, was identified with the left eye of Horus the Falcon. Later, Thoth began to be depicted as ... Myths Myths of Ancient Egypt
