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Bastet is known for decapitating the serpent Apophis (Ra's sworn enemy and the "God" of Chaos) to protect Ra. [35] In one myth, Ra sent Bastet as a lioness to Nubia. [35] Sekhmet Sekhmet is another daughter of Ra. [36] Sekhmet was depicted as a lioness or large cat, and was an "eye of Ra", or an instrument of the sun god's vengeance. [36]
Many of the Greek deities are known from as early as Mycenaean (Late Bronze Age) civilization. This is an incomplete list of these deities [n 1] and of the way their names, epithets, or titles are spelled and attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B [n 2] syllabary, along with some reconstructions and equivalent forms in later Greek.
The final part of the text deals with Ra's ascension into the sky, the creation of the underworld, and with the theology surrounding the ba (soul). [ 4 ] : 149–151 The structure of the ancient Egyptian text the Book of the Heavenly Cow is structured into 330 verses, with half of the text occurring before a description or representation of the ...
The Eye of Ra or Eye of Re, usually depicted as sun disk or right wedjat-eye (paired with the Eye of Horus, left wedjat-eye), is an entity in ancient Egyptian mythology that functions as an extension of the sun god Ra's power, equated with the disk of the sun, but it often behaves as an independent goddess, a feminine counterpart to Ra and a ...
Khepri, god of the rising Sun, creation and renewal of life; Ptah, god of craftsmanship, the arts, and fertility, sometimes said to represent the Sun at night; Ra, god of the Sun; Sekhmet, goddess of war and of the Sun, sometimes also plagues and creator of the desert; Sopdu, god of war and the scorching heat of the summer Sun
One myth describes how the daughter of the god Numušda insists on marrying Martu, despite his unattractive habits. [445] In Old Babylonian and Kassite art, Amurru is shown as a god dressed in long robes and carrying a scimitar or a shepherd's crook. [5] Misharu: Misharu ("justice") was a son of Adad and Shala. [446] His wife was Ishartu ...
In Scandinavian folklore, a rå (in Swedish) (pl. rår), short for rådare ("ruler") from råda (to rule, to advise) from old Norse ráða, is a spirit who is the keeper or warden of a particular location or landform.
Bulan (Pangasinense mythology): the merry and mischievous moon god, whose dim palace was the source of the perpetual light which became the stars; guides the ways of thieves [11] Wife of Mangetchay (Kapampangan mythology): wife of Mangetchay who gave birth to their daughter whose beauty sparked the great war; lives in the Moon [ 12 ]