In Egyptian mythology, Mut (mother) was originally a title of the primordial waters of the cosmos, Naunet, in the Ogdoad cosmogeny. However, the distinction between motherhood, and cosmic water, lead to the separation of these identities, and Mut gained aspects of a creator goddess, since she was the mother from which the cosmos emerged. In the Middle Kingdom, when Thebes grew in importance, its patron, Amun also became more significant, and so his wife Amaunet, who was simply a female version of Amun, was replaced with a mo ...

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The Ancient Egyptian cattle Bos aegyptiacus (name not recognized by ITIS) was a domesticated form of ox of uncertain origin. The earliest evidence of Bos aegyptiacus is from the Fayum region, dating back to the 8th millennium BC. Unlike other species of ox, B. aegyptiacus did not have a hump. It had either large widespread horns, which arched first inward and then outward or shorter horns which had the same structure. According to Egyptian art, B. aegyptiacus was coloured either black, brown, brow ...

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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 the Bennu bird were “He Who Came Into Being by Himself,” “Ascending One,” and “Lord of Jubilees.” The name is related to the verb “weben,” meaning “to rise brilliantly,” or “to shine.” The Bennu bird was the mythological phoenix of Egypt. It was associated with the rising of the Nile, resurrection, and the sun. Because the Bennu represented creation and renewal, it was connected with the Egyptian calendar. Indeed, the Temple of the Bennu ...

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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 about 21 metres (68 feet) high, weighs about 180 tons and is inscribed with hieroglyphs. Although the needles are genuine Ancient Egyptian obelisks, they are somewhat misnamed as neither has any connection with queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt. They were originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC. The material of which they were cut is granite, br ...

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• Cleopatra's Needle - History of the needles
• Cleopatra's Needle - London
• Cleopatra's Needle - Paris
• Cleopatra's Needle - New York
• Cleopatra's Needle - The inscriptions
• Cleopatra's Needle - New York

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In Egyptian mythology, Thoth (also spelt Thot or Thout), pronounced "tot", is the Greek name given to Djehuty (also spelt Tahuti, Tehuti, Zehuti, Techu, Tetu) - the original pronunciation of his name is disputed, and may have been approximately Tee-HOW-ti -, who was originally the deification of the moon in the Ogdoad belief system. Initially, in that system, the moon had been seen to be the eye of Horus, the sky god, which had been semi-blinded (thus darker) in a fight against S ...

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• Thoth - Thoth in more recent times
• Thoth - Thoth in media

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Horus is an ancient god of Egyptian mythology, whose cult survived so long that he evolved dramatically over time and gained many names. The most well known name is the Greek Horus, representing the Egyptian Heru/Har, which is the basic element in most of the other names of Horus. Horus was so important that the Eye of Horus became an important Egyptian symbol of power and even to this day is represented on the U.S. one dollar bill. Horus - Mythology. Horus - Sky G ...

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• Horus - Mythology
• Horus - Sky God
• Horus - Sun God
• Horus - Conquerer of Set
• Horus - Brother of Isis
• Horus - Son of Osiris
• Horus - Mystery Religion
• Horus - Horus and Jesus
• Horus - Neith's nativity
• Horus - See Also

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Osiris (Greek language, also Usiris; the Egyptian language name is variously transliterated Asar, Aser, Ausar, or Ausare) is the Egyptian God of death and the underworld. The origin of Osiris' name is a mystery, which formes an obstacle to knowing the pronunciation of its hieroglyphic form. The majority of current thinking is that the Egyptian name is pronounced aser where the a is the letter ayin (i.e. a short 'a' pronounced from the back of the throat as if swallowing).< ...

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• Osiris - Early Mythology
• Osiris - God of the Dead
• Osiris - Centipede
• Osiris - Father of Anubis
• Osiris - Father of Horus
• Osiris - Ram God
• Osiris - Mystery religion
• Osiris - Rituals
• Osiris - Serapis
• Osiris - Destruction
• Osiris - Osiris in popular culture

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In Egyptian mythology, Hathor (Egyptian for house of Horus) was originally a personification of the Milky Way, which was seen as the milk that flowed from the udders of a heavenly cow. Hathor was an ancient goddess, worshipped as a cow-deity from at least 2700 BC, during the 2nd dynasty, and possibly even by the Scorpion King. The name Hathor refers to the encirclement by her, in the form of the Milky Way, of the night sky and consequently of the god of the sky, Horus. She was originally seen a ...

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• Hathor - The divine waterway
• Hathor - Goddess of Motherhood
• Hathor - Fertility goddess
• Hathor - Musician
• Hathor - Bloodthirsty warrior
• Hathor - Wife of Thoth
• Hathor - Later years
• Hathor - Hathor outside the Nile
• Hathor - Other spellings

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Autofellatio is the act of oral stimulation of one's own penis as a form of masturbation. While few human males are both sufficiently "well-endowed" and flexible enough to perform the frontbend required, increased flexibility achieved via physical training such as gymnastics, contortionism or yoga may make it possible for some. Kinsey states that less than 1% of men can successfully suck or lick their own penises. Autofellatio - In modern culture. Photograph of a man performing autofellatio While fai ...

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• Autofellatio - In modern culture
• Autofellatio - References in fiction

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Atmu, Atum (Egyptian) (from tem to make an end of, complete)

Also Tem, Tum, Temu. A form of the sun god, represented as bringing the day to its close, thus associated with the evening sun -- whether of our ordinary day, or of the ending of a manvantara. "I am the god Tem, the maker of the sky, the creator of things which are, who cometh forth from the earth, who made the seed of man to come into being, the Lord of things, who fashioned the gods, the Great Gods, who created himself, the Lord of Life, who made to flourish the Two Companies of the Gods. . . . My coming is like unto that god who eateth men, and who feedeth upon the gods" (Egyptian Book of the Dead, Budge 258-60).

The Egyptian god Tem is connected by Blavatsky with fohat, for Tem is "spoken of as the Protean god who generates other gods and gives himself the form he likes; the 'master of life' 'giving their vigour to the gods' (chapter lxxiv.) He is the overseer of the gods, and he 'who creates spirits and gives them shape and life'; he is 'the north wind and the spirit of the west'; and finally the 'Setting Sun of Life,' or the vital electric force that leaves the body at death, wherefore the defunct begs that Toum (Tem)

should give him the breath from his right nostril (positive electricity) that he might live in his second form" (SD 1:673-4).

(See also: Atmu, Atum, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

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 subsequent merging of the Ogdoad and Ennead systems. Consequently, since Atum-Ra, who was later referred to simply as Ra, was the solar deity, bringer of light, and thus the upholder of Ma'at, Apep was viewed as the greatest enemy of Ra, and thus was given the title Enemy of Ra. As the personification of all that was evil, Apep was seen as a giant snake, crocodile, serpent, or in later ...

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Apep, Apep - Development, Apep - Battles with Ra, Apep - Worship

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Heliopolis has been occupied since the Predynastic Period, with extensive building campaigns during the Old and Middle Kingdoms. Today, unfortunately it is now mostly destroyed, its temples and other buildings being used for the construction of mediaeval Cairo; most information about it comes from textual sources. The chief deity of Heliopolis was the god Atum, who was worshipped in the primary temple, which was known by the names Per-Aat (pr-ˁ3t; "Great House") and Per-Atum (pr-ỉtmw; "T ...

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Heliopolis, Heliopolis - Ancient Heliopolis, Heliopolis - Modern times

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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 Horus is not present within the system. In the Ogdoad, Osiris is not present within the system, and Horus is the husband of Isis and son of Ra, the creator god. When the Ennead and Ogdoad merged, Ra and Atum were identified as one-another, becoming Atum-Ra, and Horus was initially considered the fifth sibling of Osiris, Isis, Nephthys and Set. However, Horus' mother, Hathor, gradually became identified as a form of Isis, leading to Horus becoming sa ...

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Legend of Osiris and Isis, Legend of Osiris and Isis - Origin, Legend of Osiris and Isis - Original legend, Legend of Osiris and Isis - Set and resurrection, Legend of Osiris and Isis - The coffin and the acacia, Legend of Osiris and Isis - The moon and the oxyrhynchus, Legend of Osiris and Isis - Development and mystery, Legend of Osiris and Isis - Influences

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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, Ra and Atum ("he who completes or perfects") were the same god, Atum, the "counter-Ra," was associated with earth animals, including the serpent: Nehebkau ("he who harnesses the souls") was the serpent god who guarded the entrance to the underworld. As far away as Fiji, Ratu-mai-mbula was a serpent god w ...

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Serpent symbolism, Serpent symbolism - Mythology, Serpent symbolism - Hebrew Bible, Serpent symbolism - New Testament, Serpent symbolism - Other symbolic uses

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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 Theban god Amun to become Amun-Ra, the foremost deity of the Egyptian pantheon. In later times, when the earth god Atum evolved into a god of the setting sun, Atum became considered an aspect of Ra. Khepri, the less important god who pushed the sun across the sky each day, eventually was also absorbed into Ra, as the centuries wore on, becoming the aspect of Ra that is the rising sun. Also in later times, ...

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Ra, Ra - Deity status, Ra - Solar barge, Ra - Hathor and Ra, Ra - Ra in pop culture

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Early beliefs can be split into 5 distinct localized groups, the Ennead of Heliopolis, whose chief god was Atum the Ogdoad of Hermopolis, where the chief god was Ra the Chnum-Satet-Anuket triad of Elephantine, where the chief god was Chnum the Amun-Mut-Chons triad of Thebes, where the chief god was Amun the Ptah-Sekhmet-Nefertem triad of Memphis, unusual in that the gods were unconnected before the triad was form ...

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Egyptian mythology, Egyptian mythology - Gods, Egyptian mythology - Death, Egyptian mythology - The monotheistic period, Egyptian mythology - Temples, Egyptian mythology - External influences, Egyptian mythology - Notes on pronunciation

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The most important of the Egyptian Enneads was the so-called Great Ennead, also called the Heliopolis Ennead. The group consisted of Atum, the first god, his children Shu, Tefnut, and their children Geb, Nuit, Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys. The origins of this grouping are uncertain. The thinking up until mid-20th century was that it was created by Heliopolis priests in order to place their local sun-god Ra above all other deities such as Osiris; however many modern Egyptologists now doubt the theory. It is however almost a certainy that the Ennead first appeared during the decline of Re's cult during the 6th dynasty, and due ...

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Ennead, Ennead - The Great Ennead, Ennead - Creation Myth

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When the Ennead and the Ogdoad were combined, when Ra and Atum were identified as one another, Hathor, as the daughter of the combined Atum-Ra, was sometimes confused with Tefnut. Consequently, the tale, a metaphor for an historic drought, in which Tefnut had fled egypt after an argument with her husband (Shu), but is persuaded to return, became occasionally transformed into one in which Hathor had an argument with Ra, and fled, later returning. The aspect of the story in which Tefnut turned into a cat and attacked those who went near ...

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Hathor, Hathor - The divine waterway, Hathor - Goddess of Motherhood, Hathor - Fertility goddess, Hathor - Musician, Hathor - Bloodthirsty warrior, Hathor - Wife of Thoth, Hathor - Later years, Hathor - Hathor outside the Nile, Hathor - Other spellings

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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 come. See also Atum and Maàt. External link: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] In ancient Greece, the concept of eternal return was more connected with Empedocles, Zeno of Citium, and Stoicism. External link: [8] [9] [10] ...

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Eternal return, Eternal return - Dharmic religions, Eternal return - Classical antiquity, Eternal return - Renaissance, Eternal return - Friedrich Nietzsche, Eternal return - References in culture

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The basic symbol for plurality among the ancient Egyptians was the number three: even the way they wrote the word for "plurality" in hieroglyphics consisted of three vertical marks ( | | | ). Triads of deities were also used in Egyptian religion to signify a complete system. Examples include references to the god Atum "when he was one and became three" when he gave birth to Shu and Tefnut, and the triad of Horus, Osiris, and Isis. See also:

Numbers in Egyptian mythology, Numbers in Egyptian mythology - Three: symbol of plurality, Numbers in Egyptian mythology - Examples of the use of three in Egyptian mythology, Numbers in Egyptian mythology - Five: representation not listed, Numbers in Egyptian mythology - Examples of the number five in Egyptian mythology, Numbers in Egyptian mythology - Seven: symbol of perfection effectiveness completeness, Numbers in Egyptian mythology - Examples of the number seven in Egyptian mythology, Numbers in Egyptian mythology - Notes, Numbers in Egyptian mythology - General Sources

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ENNEAD

Refers generally to the Egyptian collection of the nine Heliopolitan gods: Atum, Geb, Isis, Nephthys, Nut, Osiris, Set, Shu and Tefnut. Later, other gods were added.

(See also: ENNEAD, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )