The story of Seth, the Egyptian god of chaos, is an interesting one. Though it was not unusual in ancient mythologies for a god to be fallible or even evil, few gods made such an abrupt and complete change from one nature to another. In Ancient Egypt, the people valued ma’at above ...
Among his younger siblings were Seth, the god of chaos and war, and Isis, the goddess of healing and rebirth. Isis and Osiris eventually married, and became the first queen and pharaoh of Egypt. Together, they had a child named Horus, another well-known god in the pantheon. This statue...
The story starts where Set, Osiris’ brother, had murdered him so that Seth(Set) could ascend to the throne. It is said that Osiris was slain or drowned by his brother, Seth, who tore his corpse into 14 pieces and threw them over Egypt. In order for Osiris to be resurrected, Isis...
Bastet was also worshipped during the Egyptian New Year next to Hathor. During this time, small cat statues were exchanged between households, yet another symbol of Bastet's ubiquity.BibliographyThe Egyptian gods and goddesses : the mythology and beliefs of ancient Egyptby Barrett, Clive ...
Horus the Egyptian falcon god is often associated with the "Eye of Horus'; a symbol that is prominent throughout Egypt even until modern times. This symbol was found on the mummy of King Tut.© Ashley Van Haeften - Eye of Horus AmuletIn one epic Egyptian myth, Seth damaged Horus’s ...
Although many know Osiris as being the God of the afterlife, he was actually known for symbolizing multiple things. He was a God of fertility and resurrection, too. He played a central role in Egyptian beliefs about death and what happens to us once we pass away. It’s likely his role...
But how did Horus come to be the symbol of kingship? From the First Dynasty (c. 2925–2775 BCE) onward, Horus was represented as the perpetual antagonist of another powerful god,Seth. A balance between the two resulted in harmony for both Upper and Lower Egypt, but only one of them cou...
Noah’s curse on Canaan thus represents God’s sentence on the sins of the Canaanites, which their forefather Ham had exemplified.” He points out that the Canaanites are seen as sexually aberrant and Lev 18:3 describes Egypt and Canaan, both descendants of Ham, as having ...
4The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters.5Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years; and he died. 6When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father of Enosh.7Seth lived after the birth of Enosh 807 years...
This key linkage in ancient Egypt, between Orion's 3 belt-stars & Sirius, not only ties the Sothic Calendar to the vernal point as a precessional marker, but it also suggests a similarity with the Biblical symbol of the breastplate of Israel's High Priest. The link between the Sothic and...