Encyclopedia - Atum: Encyclopedia - Atum
Atum - History. Atum (alternatively spelt Tem, Temu, Tum, and Atem) is an early deity in Egyptian mythology, whose cult centred on the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atum: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atum
Atum (Egyptian) Adam of the Egyptians (BCW 9:20-1; 14:204).   (See also: Atum , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Oc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atum: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Atum
ATUM (Sometimes identified with the Hebrew "Adam"). Egyptian God often depicted as masturbating, since he is self-created an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benben: Encyclopedia - Benben
Benben, in Egyptian mythology, or more specifically, in the Ogdoad, is the mound that arose from the primordial waters, Nu, that had upon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apep: Encyclopedia - Apep
In Egyptian mythology, Apep (also spelled Apepi, and Aapep, or Apophis in Greek) was an evil demon, the deification of darkness and chaos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tefnut: Encyclopedia - Tefnut
In Egyptian mythology, Tefnut is a goddess of water and fertility, indeed her name means moist waters (i.e. rain). She was created by Atu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satis: Encyclopedia - Satis
In Egyptian mythology, Satis (also spelt Satjit, Sates, and Sati) was the deification of the floods of the Nile River, and originated in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Mythology: Encyclopedia - Egyptian Mythology
Egyptian mythology or Egyptian religion is the succession of tentative beliefs held by the people of Egypt for over three thousand years,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mnewer: Encyclopedia - Mnewer
In Egyptian mythology, Mnewer (also spelt Mnevis) was a manifestation of the Ka (life-force/power) of the chief god, Atum-Ra, in the regi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ptah: Encyclopedia - Ptah
In Egyptian mythology, Ptah (also spelt Peteh) was the deification of the primordial mound in the Ennead cosmogony, which was more litera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ogdoad: Encyclopedia - Ogdoad
In Egyptian mythology, the Ogdoad are the eight deities worshipped in Hermopolis. They were arranged in four male-female pairs, with the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amunet: Encyclopedia - Amunet
In Egyptian mythology, Amunet (also spelled Amonet, Amaunet, Amentet, Amentit, Imentet, Imentit, and Ament) was originally the female for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sekhmet: Encyclopedia - Sekhmet
In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet (also spelt Sachmet, Sakhet, and Sakhmet), was originally the war goddess of Upper Egypt, although when th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khepri: Encyclopedia - Khepri
In Egyptian mythology, Khepri (also spelt Khepera, Kheper, Chepri, Khepra) is the name of a minor god. The origin of belief in Khepri lie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heget: Encyclopedia - Heget
To the Egyptians, the frog became a symbol of life and fertility, since millions of them were born after the annual inundation of the Nil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Handmaiden: Encyclopedia - Handmaiden
A handmaiden (or handmaid) is a female assistant (or slave) that waits at hand, they can be considered a female servant, or attendant. Ty...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nymphaea Caerulea: Encyclopedia - Nymphaea Caerulea
The Egyptian Blue Water-lily (Nymphaea caerulea), also known as the Blue or Egyptian lotus, is a blue water-lily in the genus Nymphaea, e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heliopolis: Encyclopedia - Heliopolis
Heliopolis (Greek Ἡλίου πόλις) was one of the most ancient cities of Egypt, and capital of the 13th Lower Egyptian nome. Confu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ennead: Encyclopedia - Ennead
The Ennead (a word derived from Greek, meaning the nine) is a grouping of nine deities, most often used in the context of Egyptian mythol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ra: Encyclopedia - Ra
Ra (sometimes spelled Rê) is the sun-god of Heliopolis in ancient Egypt. Ra originally meant "mouth" in the Egyptian language, and was a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mut: Encyclopedia - Mut
In Egyptian mythology, Mut (mother) was originally a title of the primordial waters of the cosmos, Naunet, in the Ogdoad cosmogeny. Howev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bos Aegyptiacus: Encyclopedia - Bos Aegyptiacus
The Ancient Egyptian cattle Bos aegyptiacus (name not recognized by ITIS) was a domesticated form of ox of uncertain origin. The earliest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bennu: Encyclopedia - Bennu
The Bennu bird serves as the Egyptian correspondence to the phoenix, and is said to be the soul of the Sun-God Ra. Some of the titles of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cleopatra's Needle: Encyclopedia - Cleopatra's Needle
Cleopatra's Needles are a trio of obelisks in London, Paris (Place de la Concorde) and New York City. Each is made of red granite, stands...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thoth: Encyclopedia - Thoth
In Egyptian mythology, Thoth (also spelt Thot or Thout), pronounced "tot", is the Greek name given to Djehuty (also spelt Tahuti, Tehuti,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horus: Encyclopedia - Horus
Horus is an ancient god of Egyptian mythology, whose cult survived so long that he evolved dramatically over time and gained many names. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osiris: Encyclopedia - Osiris
Osiris (Greek language, also Usiris; the Egyptian language name is variously transliterated Asar, Aser, Ausar, or Ausare) is the Egyptia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hathor: Encyclopedia - Hathor
In Egyptian mythology, Hathor (Egyptian for house of Horus) was originally a personification of the Milky Way, which was seen as the milk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autofellatio: Encyclopedia - Autofellatio
Autofellatio is the act of oral stimulation of one's own penis as a form of masturbation. While few human males are both sufficiently "we...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atmu, Atum: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atmu, Atum
Atmu, Atum (Egyptian) (from tem to make an end of, complete)   Also Tem, Tum, Temu. A form of the sun god, represented as bringin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apep: Encyclopedia Ii - Apep - Development
Apep formed part of the more complex cosmic system resulting from the identification of Ra as Atum, i.e. the creation of Atum-Ra, and the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heliopolis: Encyclopedia Ii - Heliopolis - Ancient Heliopolis
Heliopolis has been occupied since the Predynastic Period, with extensive building campaigns during the Old and Middle Kingdoms. Today, u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Legend Of Osiris And Isis: Encyclopedia Ii - Legend Of Osiris And Isis - Origin
In the Ennead, Osiris is the husband of Isis, and sibling of Set, all of whom are the great-grandchildren of the creator god Atum, and Ho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Serpent Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Serpent Symbolism - Mythology
There was a serpent that was an Ancient Near Eastern and Aegean god of wisdom, who was always, quite naturally, an earth symbol. In Egypt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ra: Encyclopedia Ii - Ra - Deity Status
From the fifth dynasty (ca. 2400 BC) onward he was elevated to the status of a national deity, and much later was combined with the Theba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Mythology - Gods
Early beliefs can be split into 5 distinct localized groups, the Ennead of Heliopolis, whose chief god was Atum the Ogdoad of Hermopolis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ennead: Encyclopedia Ii - Ennead - The Great Ennead
The most important of the Egyptian Enneads was the so-called Great Ennead, also called the Heliopolis Ennead. The group consisted of Atum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hathor: Encyclopedia Ii - Hathor - Later Years
When the Ennead and the Ogdoad were combined, when Ra and Atum were identified as one another, Hathor, as the daughter of the combined At...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eternal Return: Encyclopedia Ii - Eternal Return - Classical Antiquity
In ancient Egypt, the scarab (or dung beetle) was viewed as a sign of eternal renewal and reemergence of life, a reminder of the life to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Numbers In Egyptian Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Numbers In Egyptian Mythology - Three: Symbol Of Plurality
The basic symbol for plurality among the ancient Egyptians was the number three: even the way they wrote the word for "plurality" in hier...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ennead: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Ennead
ENNEAD Refers generally to the Egyptian collection of the nine Heliopolitan gods: Atum, Geb, Isis, Nephthys, Nut, Osiris, Set, Shu and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anubis: Encyclopedia Ii - Anubis - Embalmer
Following the merging of the Ennead and Ogdoad belief systems, as a result of the identification of Atum with Ra, and their compatibility...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anubis: Encyclopedia Ii - Anubis - Embalmer
Following the merging of the Ennead and Ogdoad belief systems, as a result of the identification of Atum with Ra, and their compatibility...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Legend Of Osiris And Isis: Encyclopedia Ii - Legend Of Osiris And Isis - The Coffin And The Acacia
At the time the myth initially developed, it was believed that the gods had emerged from under the acacia tree owned by Iusaaset, Atum's ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Isis: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Isis
ISIS The ("Thousand-Named") Egyptian Goddess, whose aspects are also the cow-headed Hathor and the hippopotamus goddess, Tau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Egyptian Mythology Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Egyptian Mythology Topics - T
Tawaret - Tefnut - Tenenit - Thoth ... See also:List of Egyptian mythology topics, List of Egyptian mythology topics - A, List of Egyp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osiris: Encyclopedia Ii - Osiris - Early Mythology
Osiris - God of the dead. Osiris is first mentioned in the 4th Dynasty, though it is regarded as highly plausible that he may have evol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horus: Encyclopedia Ii - Horus - Mythology
Horus - Sky God. Originally, Horus was the god of the sky, and the son of Ra, the creator (whose own birth was thought due to the Ogdoa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horus: Encyclopedia Ii - Horus - Mythology
Horus - Sky God. Originally, Horus was the god of the sky, and the son of Ra, the creator (whose own birth was thought due to the Ogdoa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osiris: Encyclopedia Ii - Osiris - Early Mythology
Osiris - God of the Dead. Osiris is first mentioned in the 4th Dynasty. Osiris was originally the god of the underworld and the dead in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horus: Encyclopedia Ii - Horus - Mythology
Horus - Sky God. Originally, Horus was the god of the sky, and the son of Ra, the creator (whose own birth was thought due to the Ogdoa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thoth: Encyclopedia Ii - Thoth - Thoth In More Recent Times
One of the most popular and cited works on the Tarot was connected to this deity. Written by the infamous occultist Aleister Crowley, The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hathor: Encyclopedia Ii - Hathor - Hathor Outside The Nile
Hathor was worshipped in Canaan in the 11th century BC, which at that time was ruled by Egypt, at her holy city of Hazor, which the Old T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beetle: Encyclopedia Ii - Beetle - Development
Beetles are endopterygotes with complete metamorphosis. The larva of a beetle is often called a grub and represents the principal feeding...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beetle: Encyclopedia Ii - Beetle - Parental Care
As befitting such a large order, the parental care between species varies widely. It ranges from the simple laying of eggs under a leaf t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beetle: Encyclopedia Ii - Beetle - Predation
Beetles and larvae have evolved to employ a variety of different strategies for avoiding being eaten. Many employ simple camoflage to avo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beetle: Encyclopedia Ii - Beetle - Gallery
Anthrenus verbasci Lady beetle Tiger beetle South African Dung Beetle Emerald Ash Beetle Flea beetle Japanese beetle Potato Beetle larvae...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beetle: Encyclopedia Ii - Beetle - Impact On Humans
Beetle - Pests. There are several serious agricultural and household pests represented by the order, these include : The Colorado...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ra: Encyclopedia Ii - Ra - Solar Barge
In order to pass through Duat (the underworld) each night, so that he might rise in the morning, the fiery Ra was compelled to use a boat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Legend Of Osiris And Isis: Encyclopedia Ii - Legend Of Osiris And Isis - Set And Resurrection
Originally, Osiris' death was blamed on Apep, but after the time of the foreign Hyksos overlords (at the end of the Middle Kingdom), Set,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Legend Of Osiris And Isis: Encyclopedia Ii - Legend Of Osiris And Isis - Development And Mystery
As a life-death-rebirth deity, Horus/Osiris became a reflection of the annual cycle of crop harvesting as well as reflecting people's des...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hathor: Encyclopedia Ii - Hathor - The Divine Waterway
In Egyptian mythology, Hathor (Egyptian for house of Horus) was originally a personification of the Milky Way, which was seen as the milk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hathor: Encyclopedia Ii - Hathor - Musician
Eventually, Hathor's identity as a cow-goddess of fertility, meant that her Hathor became identified with another ancient cow-goddess of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Legend Of Osiris And Isis: Encyclopedia Ii - Legend Of Osiris And Isis - The Moon And The Oxyrhynchus
In late Egyptian thought, the righteous dead were sometimes said to become the stars, and thus the moon was occasionally seen as having a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hathor: Encyclopedia Ii - Hathor - Bloodthirsty Warrior
The Middle Kingdom was founded when Upper Egypt's Pharaoh, Mentuhotep II, took control over Lower Egypt, which had become independant dur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hathor: Encyclopedia Ii - Hathor - Fertility Goddess
The cow's large eyes with long lashes and generally quiet demeanor were often considered to suggest a gentle aspect of feminine beauty. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beetle: Encyclopedia Ii - Beetle - Anatomy
Bearing in mind the wide diversity and number of species the anatomy of beetles is quite uniform. Beetles are generally characterised by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beetle: Encyclopedia Ii - Beetle - Physiology
There are few things that a beetle somewhere will not eat, even inorganic matter may be consumed. Some beetles are highly specialised in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beetle: Encyclopedia Ii - Beetle - Reproduction
The larval period of beetles varies between species but can be as long as several years. Adults have an extremely variable lifespan, agai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apep: Encyclopedia Ii - Apep - Battles With Ra
Tales of Apep's battles against Ra were elaborated during the New Kingdom. Since nearly everyone can see that the sun is not attacked by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anubis: Encyclopedia Ii - Anubis - Lord Of The Dead
Originally, in the Ogdoad system, he was god of the underworld, and his name is frequently thought to have reflected this, meaning someth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hathor: Encyclopedia Ii - Hathor - Wife Of Thoth
When Horus was identified as Ra, under the name Ra-Herakhty, Hathor's position became unclear, since she had been the wife of Ra, but mot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hathor: Encyclopedia Ii - Hathor - Goddess Of Motherhood
As a provider of milk, and due to cows careful tending of their calves, the cow was a universal symbol of motherhood, and so Hathor becam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Mythology - Death
Egypt was possibly the first civilization to have any belief in an afterlife, and probably the first to have a positive outlook on it. Be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Mythology - The Monotheistic Period
A short interval of monotheism (Atenism) occurred under the reign of Akhenaten, focused on the Egyptian sun deity Aten. Akhenaten outlawe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eternal Return: Encyclopedia Ii - Eternal Return - Friedrich Nietzsche
The idea of eternal recurrence is central to the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche first encountered the idea in the works of He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Mythology - Temples
Many temples are still standing today. Others are in ruins from wear and tear, while others have been lost entirely. Pharaoh Ramses II wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Mythology - External Influences
Egypt exchanged ideas with Libya during its early unsettled period. Egypt was also influenced by the Greek Ptolemaic dynasties, which rul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Holy Cities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Holy Cities - Buddhism
List of holy cities - Tibetan Buddhism. More important then anything inherent to the places is the presence of the holiest leaders, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beetle: Encyclopedia Ii - Beetle - Evolutionary History And Classification
Beetles entered the fossil record during the Lower Permian, about 265 million years ago. The four extant suborders of beetle are these: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anubis: Encyclopedia Ii - Anubis - Lord Of The Dead
Originally, in the Ogdoad system, he was god of the underworld, and his name is frequently thought to have reflected this, meaning someth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia Ii - Masturbation - Law
In most countries, masturbation tends to be legal, even by children, as long as nobody else is involved and no image is made. However, a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Holy Cities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Holy Cities - Hinduism
List of holy cities - Jyothirlingams Shaivism. Bhimashankar Deogarh Dwarka Grishneshwar Kedarnath Omkareshwar Rameswaram Somnath Srisa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autofellatio: Encyclopedia Ii - Autofellatio - In Modern Culture
Photograph of a man performing autofellatio While fairly few pornographic movies involve autofellatio, Ron Jeremy is remembered in part f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Deities - Egyptian
Egyptian deities are often portrayed as having animal heads in art; as an example, Anubis is often portrayed in statuary as having the bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Holy Cities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Holy Cities - Islam
In addition to the cities listed above the following are holy cities for some Islamic sects: List of holy cities - Shia. Najaf site of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Set Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Set Mythology - Desert God
As he was the god of the desert, Set was associated with sandstorms, and desert caravans. Due to the extreme hostility of the desert envi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Set Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Set Mythology - God Of Evil
Naturally, when, during the Second Intermediate Period the mysterious foreign Hyksos gained the rulership of Egypt, and ruled the Nile De...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia Ii - Masturbation - Law
In most countries, masturbation tends to be legal, even by children, as long as nobody else is involved and no image is made. However, a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia Ii - Masturbation - Law
In most countries, masturbation tends to be legal, even by children, as long as nobody else is involved and no image is made. However, a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maponos: Encyclopedia Ii - Maponos - Evidence For Maponos
The evidence is mainly epigraphic. Maponos (“Divine Son”) is mentioned in Gaul at Bourbonne-les-Bains (CIL 13, 05924) and at Chamali�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Creation Within Various Belief Systems
Some creation beliefs are part of a named system of beliefs and are labeled as such below. Some creation beliefs seem to be better charac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Creation Myths
Origins beliefs commonly refer to creation myths — mytho-religious stories which explain the beginnings of the universe as a deliberate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Creation Ex Nihilo
Creation ex nihilo (Latin: out of nothing) is at odds with our everyday experiences, in that nothing spontaneously comes into (or vanishe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Limits To The Ontology Of Creation
While many scenarios are proposed by religion and science to identify 'first cause' and the origin of creation (ontology), there are some...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isis: Encyclopedia Ii - Isis - Mythology
Isis - Early Isis. The first prominent role of Isis was as the assistant to the deceased king. Thus she gained a funerary association, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horus: Encyclopedia Ii - Horus - Horus And Jesus
A connection between Jesus and Horus-Osiris is frequently raised by critics of the historicity of Jesus. Superficially, the death and res...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia Ii - Masturbation - Health And Psychological Effects
It is held in many mental health circles that masturbation can relieve depression and lead to a higher sense of self-worth. Masturbation ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Holy Cities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Holy Cities - Christianity
In addition, various Christian denominations have separate holy cities: List of holy cities - Armenian Apostolic. Echmiadzin List of...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap V - A
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages V - A . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. &...   » Read the article