Horus had a special position in ancient Egypt. The child of Osiris and Isis, he avenged his father’s death and ruled Egypt. According to myth, he is also considered the child of Zeb and Nut, and this falcon-headed god with a crown of red and white was worshiped as the god of sky...
Lady of heaven.Cult Center: Dendera and throughout Egypt Attributes: .Because her worship stretches back to pre-dynastic times, we find Hathor identified with many local goddesses, and it can be said that all the goddesses were forms of Hathor. At times
Aside from having robust and long-standing popularity in Egypt, Hathor was also worshiped in Canaan and Greece.As time went on, the myths associated with Hathor became synonymous with Aphrodite.By the time the Romans co-opted Aphrodite into Venus, there was little, if any remnants of Hathor....
Horus the falcon god was Egypt’s first national god worshiped by all of Egypt. One of the most important gods of ancient Egypt, the worship of Horus spanned over 5,000 years. With mention in records from the late pre-dynastic period through Roman times, Horus became the catch-all name...
Aten was thesun godworshipped byPharaoh Akhenatenand he comes from an unknown origin. Those hymns written to him that have survived show that his worship was a joyful experience. Aten had no humanoid shape; instead his depictions show him as a sun disc with rays extending from him that has...
For many people, Hathor represents a powerful and inspiring symbol of the divine feminine, and her association with love, beauty, and fertility has made her particularly popular among those interested in goddess worship and spiritual practices. ...
Referred to as The Distant One, Horus (and his consort Hathor) were believed to fly from Ra himself to bring the god news of the world or to assist people who needed help. Egyptologists now believe that there were many falcon gods worshipped regionally throughout Predynastic Egypt (6000 –...
During this period, Aten appeared very similar to the god Ra, having a falcon head. As the worship of a pantheon of gods had been a part of daily Egyptian life for thousands of years, the worship of Aten was considered by many to be simply another facet of belief. However, as the ...
How did Ra’s worship change over time? In ancient Egypt, Ra was the sun god and served as the father of creation and ruler of the gods. He represented the sun, heaven, monarchy, strength, and light. He was the god who controlled the sun’s activities and could be the actual sun ...
Worship of the Sun God Solar templeswere built for Ra but did not contain a statue of the god. Instead, they were created to be open to the sunlight that Ra represented. The earliest known temple built in honor of Ra exists in Heliopolis (what is now a Cairo suburb). This solar templ...