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2. Egyptian mythology - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 December 2024. Nun, the embodiment of the primordial waters, lifts the barque of the sun god Ra into the sky at the moment of creation. Part of a series on Ancient Egyptian religion Beliefs Afterlife Cosmology Duat Ma'at Mythology Index Numerology Philosophy Soul Practices Funerals Offerings: Offering ...

3. Heryshaf - Wikipedia

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   In Egyptian mythology, Heryshaf, or Hershef (Ancient Egyptian: ḥrj š f "He who is on His Lake"), [1] transcribed in Greek as Harsaphes or Arsaphes (Koinē Greek: Ἁρσαφής) was an ancient ram deity whose cult was centered in ancient Heracleopolis Magna.

4. Ancient Egyptian creation myths - Wikipedia

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   The murder of Osiris by Set, and the resulting struggle for power, won by Horus, provided a powerful narrative linking the ancient Egyptian ideology of kingship with the creation of the cosmos. In all of these myths, the world was said to have emerged from an infinite, lifeless sea when the sun rose for the first time, in a distant period known ...

5. List of Egyptian deities - Wikipedia

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   The Egyptian Book of the dead : the Book of going forth by day : being the Papyrus of Ani (royal scribe of the divine offerings), written and illustrated circa 1250 B.C.E., by scribes and artists unknown, including the balance of chapters of the books of the dead known as the theban recension, compiled from ancient texts, dating back to the ...

6. Shu (Egyptian god) - Wikipedia

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   Shu (Egyptian šw, "emptiness" or "he who rises up") was one of the primordial Egyptian gods, spouse and brother to the goddess Tefnut, and one of the nine deities of the Ennead of the Heliopolis cosmogony. [4] He was the god of light, peace, lions, air, and wind. [citation needed]

7. Akhekh - Wikipedia

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   All descriptions of the creature have it as a quadruped with wings, though different sources diverge: one description is that of an Oryx with a bird's wings and beak as well as serpent's tail, [2] while French archaeologist Paul Pierret gave it in a book of his as a winged lion akin to the griffin of European mythology. [3] [4] Ancient egyptian ...