And you may consider adding Ma'at to the list. It means peace/no chaos. Ammit is a good one. He works for Osiris the king of the dead. Technically his job is to devour the souls of the evil, but he comes off as quite a cute and cuddly creature. There's Set, the god of evil...
Osiris is one of the early Egyptian gods of creation and the five original gods, the great-grandson of Amun, and the ruler of the Underworld. He was thegod of fertilitywho grow in fame, popularity, and influence because of theOsiris Mythin which he is killed by his evil brother Set "...
祗zhī thegodofthe earth; respectfully 鬼怪guǐ guài ghosts and monsters; monstersofall kinds; forcesofevil;evilspirits 大自然dà zì rán nature, the worksofGod 靠神力kào shén lì by the fingerofGod 圣徒shèng tú a manofGod, saint, sainthood ...
Today the names of many of these deities have fallen into obscurity. The Dictionary of Ancient Deities brings these gods and goddesses back to light. Here, in one superbly written volume, is every known divine being throughout recorded history, from Athena and Brahma to the evil demon king ...
god of the eastern invaders of Egypt, including the Persians. No longer able toreconcileSeth with Horus, the Egyptians equated the former with evil and the demonApopis, or with the Greek Typhon. Elaborate rituals of the repeated defeat of Seth as an enemy largely replaced the earlier ritual...
Thegod of thewaterways, Sobek was a fierce protector of Egyptian people. He also liked to eat flesh. Live crocodiles were kept in pools at temples to honour him. This blue pot-bellied fellow was thegod of the Nile, responsible for the annual flooding of the great river.Want to find out...
Thus, at this time Egypt seems to have been a state unified under kings who introduced writing and the firstbureaucraticadministration. These kings, who could have ruled for more than a century, may correspond with a set of names preserved on thePalermo Stone, but no direct identification can...
Egyptian God Names for Dogs The god & protector of the underworld, Anubis, was depicted with a dog’s head. This dog looks like one of these breeds, possibly a Basenji. This god was significant to Egyptians as it guided the dead souls to judgment in the afterlife. Dogs freely roamed thr...
Except for the red crown, people regarded the color red as an evil color because of its connection to Set. He was associated with war and strength, storms and deserts.Anubis is the god of death and dying. He is also considered to be the god of the underworld. His image is often seen...
From the fortress town of Monteriggioni, we headed northwest through the storm to Castellina in Chianti, passing the headquarters of wineries whose names were warm and familiar to us, even in Canada. At last, with a pause in the rain, we arrived in Castellina in Chianti, searching for sig...