Following the merging of the Ennead and Ogdoad belief systems, as a result of the identification of Atum with Ra, and their compatibility, Anubis became considered a lesser god in the underworld, giving way to the more popular Osiris. Indeed, when the Legend of Osiris and Isis emerged, it was said that when Osiris had died, Anubis stood down from his position out of respect for Osiris. Since he had been more associated with beliefs about the weighing of the heart, than had Osiris, Anubis retained this aspect, and became considered mor ...

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Anubis, Anubis - Lord of the dead, Anubis - Embalmer, Anubis - Anubis in modern culture

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Following the merging of the Ennead and Ogdoad belief systems, as a result of the identification of Atum with Ra, and their compatibility, Anubis became considered a lesser god in the underworld, giving way to the more popular Osiris. Indeed, when the Legend of Osiris and Isis emerged, it was said that when Osiris had died, Anubis stood down from his position out of respect for Osiris. Since he had been more associated with beliefs about the weighing of the heart than had Osiris, Anubis retained this aspect, and became considered more ...

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Anubis, Anubis - Lord of the dead, Anubis - Embalmer, Anubis - Anubis in modern culture

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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 shadow, requiring an explanation of how Horus came to be born at the tree. Thus the original form of the myth states that Osiris was killed by a wooden sarcophagus secretly being made to his measurements, and then a party held where the coffin was offered to whoever it fitted. A few people tried to fit in, but to no avail, until Osiris was encouraged to try, who, as soon as he lay back, had the lid slammed ...

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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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ISIS

The ("Thousand-Named") Egyptian Goddess, whose aspects are also the cow-headed Hathor and the hippopotamus goddess, Taurt (the first deity of magic). Mother and wife of Osiris. She was originally a mortal sorceress who desired to become a goddess. From some of Ra's spittle  she fashioned a viper of clay, which she then brought to life and caused to bite and poison him. She released its antidote to him only when he agreed to tell her his secret name(s). The power thereof was so great that it ignited her deification. Ra has at least three names: Khepera, Ra and Atum ("Morning, Noon and Sunset"). At night he is Osiris and his eye is Thoth, the moon (as his eye by day is the Sun). Unfortunately, everyone already knows those names. Ra's secret name was heard only by Isis herself, and she has never deigned to share with anyone else. It is for this reason that she is identified as the Goddess of Mystery itself.

The understanding of these names, indeed, is the key to all Egyptian wisdom, for sooner or later, all the Gods run into and become one another. As we have begun to suspect, the secret of magic is the knowledge that everything is everything else. Isis is the Goddess of Ultimate Mystery itself and the Mother of all M/magic(k). She is the great veil over the night that "none may remove." But in simple, she represents the manifest world, as Nephthys is the unmanifest.

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

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Osiris - God of the dead. Osiris is first mentioned in the 4th Dynasty, though it is regarded as highly plausible that he may have evolved from the god Andjety. In the first mentions of Osiris, he was regarded the god of the underworld and the dead in the Ennead version of Egyptian mythology, in which he was one of the four children of the earth (Geb) and the sky (Nuit), and was the husband of Isis (Aset), who represented life. Every Khu, an aspect of the soul, seeking admission to Aaru, the Egyptian paradise, was referred to as an Osiris. As god of the dead, Babi, the god who devoured unworthy s ...

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Osiris, 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 - The passion and resurrection, Osiris - Wheat and clay rituals, Osiris - The Osirian Sacrament, Osiris - Osiris-Dionysus, Osiris - Serapis, Osiris - Destruction, Osiris - Osiris in popular culture

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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 Ogdoad). His mother was originally said to have been Hathor, since Hathor was considered as a representation of the Milky way, which encirles the sky, specifically as the cow whose milk produced it, and so Hathor was thought of as Ra's wife. One title that was often given to this form was Nenwen (also spelt Nenun), roughly meaning the exposed ...

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Horus, 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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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 Ogdoad). His mother was originally said to have been Hathor, since Hathor was considered as a representation of the Milky way, which encirles the sky, specifically as the cow whose milk produced it, and so Hathor was thought of as Ra's wife. One title that was often given to this form was Nenwen (also spelt Nenun), roughly meaning the exposed ...

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Horus, 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

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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 the Ennead version of Egyptian mythology, in which he was one of the four children of the earth (Geb) and the sky (Nuit), and was the husband of Isis (Aset), who represented life. Every Khu, an aspect of the soul, seeking admission to Aaru, the Egyptian paradise, was referred to as an Osiris. As god of the dead, Babi, the god who devoured unworthy s ...

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Osiris, 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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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 Ogdoad). His mother was originally said to have been Hathor, since Hathor was considered as a representation of the Milky way, which encirles the sky, specifically as the cow whose milk produced it, and so Hathor was thought of as Ra's wife. One title that was often given to this form was Nenwen (also spelt Nenun), roughly meaning the exposed ...

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Horus, Horus - Mythology, Horus - Sky God, Horus - Sun God, Horus - Conqueror of Set, Horus - Brother of Isis, Horus - Son of Osiris, Horus - Mystery Religion, Horus - Horus and Jesus, Horus - Neith's nativity

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One of the most popular and cited works on the Tarot was connected to this deity. Written by the infamous occultist Aleister Crowley, The Book of Thoth is a philosophical text on the usage of Tarot and, most notably, Crowley's own created Tarot Deck, the Thoth Tarot which he also referred to as The Book of Thoth, where the name is taken from a non-existent book in Egyptian mythology, believed to contain ancient knowledge originally brought to man by this deity. Crowley commissioned Lady Frieda Har ...

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Thoth, Thoth - Thoth in more recent times, Thoth - Thoth in media

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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 Testament claims was destroyed by Joshua (Joshua 11:13, 21). The Sinai Tablets show that the Hebrew workers in the mines of Sinai about 1500 BC worshipped Hathor, whom they identified with the goddess Astarte. Some theories state that the golden calf mentioned in the bible was meant to be a statue of the goddess Hathor (Exodus 32:4-32:6.), although it is more likely to be a representation of the 2 golden calves set up by Rehoboam, an enemy of the levite pr ...

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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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Beetles are endopterygotes with complete metamorphosis. The larva of a beetle is often called a grub and represents the principal feeding stage of the life-cycle. The eggs of beetles are minute but may be brightly coloured, they are laid in clumps and there may be from several dozen to several thousand eggs laid by a single female. Once the egg hatches the larvae tend to feed voraciously, whether out in the open such as with Ladybird larvae, or within plants such as with leaf beetle larvae. As with lepidoptera, beetle larvae pupate for a period, and from the pupa e ...

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Beetle, Beetle - Anatomy, Beetle - Development, Beetle - Physiology, Beetle - Reproduction, Beetle - Parental care, Beetle - Predation, Beetle - Evolutionary history and classification, Beetle - Impact on humans, Beetle - Pests, Beetle - Beneficial organisms, Beetle - Scarab beetles in Egyptian culture, Beetle - Collecting, Beetle - Gallery, Beetle - Journals

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As befitting such a large order, the parental care between species varies widely. It ranges from the simple laying of eggs under a leaf to scarab beetles, which construct impressive underground structures complete with a supply of dung to house and feed their young. There are other notable ways of caring for the eggs and young, such as those employed by leaf rollers, who bite sections of leaf causing it to curl inwards and then lay the eggs, thus protected, inside. Generally the number of eggs laid is an indicator of the level of parental care subsequently emplo ...

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Beetles and larvae have evolved to employ a variety of different strategies for avoiding being eaten. Many employ simple camoflage to avoid being spotted by predators. These include the leaf beetles (family Chysomelidae) that have a green colouring very similair to their habitat on tree leaves. A number of longhorn beetles (family Cerambycidae) bear a striking resemblance to wasps, thus benefitting from a measure of protection. Large ground beetles by contrast will tend to go on the attack, using their strong mandibles to forcibly persuade ...

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Beetle, Beetle - Anatomy, Beetle - Development, Beetle - Physiology, Beetle - Reproduction, Beetle - Parental care, Beetle - Predation, Beetle - Evolutionary history and classification, Beetle - Impact on humans, Beetle - Pests, Beetle - Beneficial organisms, Beetle - Scarab beetles in Egyptian culture, Beetle - Collecting, Beetle - Gallery, Beetle - Journals

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Anthrenus verbasci Lady beetle Tiger beetle South African Dung Beetle Emerald Ash Beetle Flea beetle Japanese beetle Potato Beetle larvae Spotted Flower Chafer California Prionus Pelidnota punctata Bess Beetle ...

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Beetle - Pests. There are several serious agricultural and household pests represented by the order, these include : The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) is a notorious pest of potato plants. Adults mate before overwintering deep in the soil, so that when they emerge the following spring, females can lay eggs immediately, once a suitable host plant has been found. As well as potatoes, this can be any one of a number of plants from the potato family (Solanaceae) such as n ...

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Beetle, Beetle - Anatomy, Beetle - Development, Beetle - Physiology, Beetle - Reproduction, Beetle - Parental care, Beetle - Predation, Beetle - Evolutionary history and classification, Beetle - Impact on humans, Beetle - Pests, Beetle - Beneficial organisms, Beetle - Scarab beetles in Egyptian culture, Beetle - Collecting, Beetle - Gallery, Beetle - Journals

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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 to avoid being extinguished by the waters. It was Maàt, i.e. order, the antithesis of chaos, that guided the course of the boat. At the helm of the boat stood Thoth, representative of the moon, who symbolically stood next to Horus, who, in early egyptian myth, represented the sky, and whose dark eye was t ...

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

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Originally, Osiris' death was blamed on Apep, but after the time of the foreign Hyksos overlords (at the end of the Middle Kingdom), Set, the favourite god of the Hyksos, was increasingly viewed by the Egyptians as an evil god, having originally been a hero, and so the blame was transferred to Set.[citation needed] In the legend, Osiris was only alive before Horus' birth, and Horus obviously only alive after, and each had earlier legends in which they were the husband of Isis. Unlike Osiris, Horus also had earlier le ...

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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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As a life-death-rebirth deity, Horus/Osiris became a reflection of the annual cycle of crop harvesting as well as reflecting people's desires for a successful afterlife, and so the legend became extremely important, outstripping all others. The legend's ventures into both life and afterlife meant that religious rites associated with the legend eventually began to take on aspects of a mystery religion, where initiates were said to be able to partake in Horus/Osiris' re ...

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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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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 as the daughter of Ra, the creator whose own cosmic ...

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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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Eventually, Hathor's identity as a cow-goddess of fertility, meant that her Hathor became identified with another ancient cow-goddess of fertility, Bata. It still remains an unanswered question amongst Egyptologists as to why Bata survived as an independant goddess for so long. Bata was, in some respects, connected to the Ba, an aspect of the soul, and so Hathor gained an association with the afterlife. It was said that, with her motherly character, she greeted the souls of the dead in the underworld, and proffered them with refreshments of food, and of drink. She was also somtimes described a ...

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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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