Fertility ritual is a Cornish link to Ancient Egypt [Edition 4]Julian Ridge
these deities’ lively worship involving much singing, dancing and drinking – all key elements of Bastet’s annual fertility festival. Boatloads of men and women would arrive at her cult centre Bubastis to celebrate, when it was reported that ‘more wine is drunk at this feast than in the...
Ancient Egyptian religion was polytheistic, meaning that the Egyptians worshipped multiple gods and goddesses. Each god or goddess had a specific domain they were in control of fertility, the sea, war, etc. The gods that the festivals were centered around are Osiris, Thoth, Hathor, Amun, ...
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...
From the ancient ritual of Inanna and Dumuzid on the spring equinox, which fertilized the earth, a nine-month pregnancy cycle leads to the sacred December birth. This period represents not just human fertility, but also the deep agricultural and spiritual traditions across civilizations. Many ...
Rituals conducted at ancient Egyptian Temples served several purposes. First, they provided the gods withbasic itemslike food and clothing. Rituals also ensured the god’shelp in battleand theland’s fertility. Egyptian rituals hinged on the idea that providing goods for the gods ensured their prot...
Osiris is one of most important deities in Ancient Egypt as he was god of the underworld. He symbolised death, resurrection, and the cycle of Nile floods that Egypt relied on for agricultural fertility. He was married to the Egyptian Goddess Isis, who represented protection, healing, motherhood...
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...
Rais the ancientEgyptian 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. Hathorwas acow goddessand a cosmic goddess. She nourished all life with her milk and her name meant “House of Horus”. Some legends, name Hatho...