Fertility ritual is a Cornish link to Ancient Egypt [Edition 4]Julian Ridge
Isis shares many of the same characteristics asHathor, the Egyptian goddess of Love and Fertility, but they are still two distinctly different goddesses. Outside of the Egyptian pantheon, Isis have a number of similarities with theNorse goddess Freyja. Isis and Ra Jeff Dahl,CC BY-SA 4.0, via...
The Feast of Wagy was a festival of the dead. It took place at the beginning of the Egyptian new year and honoredOsiris. Ancient Egyptians often honored the dead with offerings of food, drink, and prayer during the festival. The Feast of Sokar honored Sokar, the falcon deity. This plantin...
He was primarily considered to be the god of the pharaohs and represented wind, fertility and secrets.Ra is the ancient Egyptian sun god. He is the father of the gods and is usually depicted with the body of a human and the head of a falcon....
The ancient Egyptian festival calendar The Opening of the Year (New Year’s Day) Month 1, day 1 (19 July) The Egyptian New Year began with the start of the annual Nile flood, which brought water to the desert landscape and allowed crops to grow. ...
Cats' eyes in a new light: Fourier transform Raman spectroscopic and gas chromatographic–mass spectrometric study of Egyptian mummies This study represents the first application of the combination of Raman spectroscopy as a non-destructive analytical technique with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (...
church. Muslim mulids are related to the Sufi zikr ritual. The Egyptian flute, called the ney, is commonly played at mulids. The liturgical music of the Coptic Church also constitutes an important element of Egyptian music and is said to have preserved many features of ancient Egyptian music...
She was the epitome of beauty and desire and was worshipped throughout the Greek world, and even influenced her Roman counterpart, Venus. Some believe Aphrodite might have evolved herself from the Mesopotamian goddess of love, Ishtar. She was also associated with the Egyptian goddess, Isis. ...
Oriental religions were particularly successful, particularly with the Roman matrons, and gave rise to great temples such as that of the Egyptian god Isis. There was a very famous temple to Isis near the Pantheon of which the huge bronze pine cone (symbol of longevity) stands in the Vatican...
A belief in magic was deeply ingrained in the Egyptian culture and was considered as natural and normal as any other aspect of existence. The god of magic was also a god of medicine, Heka, who carried a staff entwined with two serpents. This symbol was passed on to the Greeks who associ...