Depictions of Isis show her as a goddess and a human woman. As a goddess, she wears thevulture headdress. This resembled a bird laying on its stomach on top of Isis' head, with its head over her forehead and wings hanging down on each side of her head. Isis wears a jeweled collar ...
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Racreated himselffrom the primordial chaos. He is also known as Re andAtum. His children are Shu, the God of Dry Air and Father of the Sky, and his twin sister Tefnut, the Goddess of Moisture and Wetness. As a lion-headed goddess, Tefnut is responsible for dew and freshness. Humans ...
She was a powerful healer and magician and could transform into a bird. She also had a vast amount of knowledge. What is the appearance of the goddess Isis like? Isis is usually shown as a beautiful woman wearing a sheath dress. Her headdress is often an empty throne or a disk with ...
This lesson introduces you to the Ancient Egyptians Gods who are represented in human form with the head of a bird or a beast. They take on the natural qualities of their form in mythical stories that explore the universal questions about life, death and the afterlife....
If a person had lived a life holding Maat (righteousness and justice) in high regard, they would be free to enter Osiris’ kingdom of lush and verdant fields. If their heart was weighed down with guilt and shame, they would be cast into the maw of the crocodile-headed goddess Ammit to...
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Bird-headed god (Image credit: Photo courtesy Kevin Cahail) A view of the lower-right corner of the sarcophagus, on each corner an image of Thoth, the god of writing and knowledge, was shown. He has the head of an ibis bird. [Read full story] Sunlit tomb (Image credit: Photo courte...
Hedetet - A little known goddess who took the form of a scorpion. Heket - (a.k.a. Hek, Hektet, Heqat, Heget) An Egyptian goddess of childbirth. Was depicted on temple walls as a woman with a frogs head and on amulets as a frog. Hemen - A little known Egyptian falcon god....
Sekhmet was the goddess of war and battle. She was depicted with the head of a lioness and body of a woman. One of the oldest and most respected Egyptian goddesses was Sekhmet, also known as the “great lady,”“holy one,” and “mighty one.” She had a reputation for being violent...