enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Category:Mythological pigs - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mythological_pigs

    Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us

  3. List of Egyptian deities - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Egyptian_deities

    Many of them ruled over natural and social phenomena, as well as abstract concepts [1] These gods and goddesses appear in virtually every aspect of ancient Egyptian civilization, and more than 1,500 of them are known by name. Many Egyptian texts mention deities' names without indicating their character or role, while other texts refer to ...

  4. Moccus - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moccus

    The "God of Euffigneix", a statuette found in the territory of the Lingones which has been connected to Moccus. Moccus or Moccos is a Celtic god who is attested in one 2nd or 3rd century AD inscription from Langres, in which he is identified with the Roman god Mercury. Moccus has been connected, on etymological grounds, with pigs and boars. The ...

  5. Set (deity) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_(deity)

    Set and Nephthys, 1279–1213 BCE, stone, Louvre Set is the son of Geb, the Earth, and Nut, the Sky; his siblings are Osiris, Isis, and Nephthys.He married Nephthys and had had relationships with the foreign goddesses Anat and Astarte in some accounts.It is at least doubtful whether Set was ever held to be the father of Anubis, the child of Nephthys.

  6. Egyptian mythology - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_mythology

    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 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 ...

  7. List of Egyptian hieroglyphs - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Egyptian_hieroglyphs

    The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom. In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign list, the basic modern standard. It describes 763 signs in 26 categories (A–Z, roughly).

  8. Thoth - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoth

    According to Theodor Hopfner, [10] Thoth's Egyptian name written as ḏḥwty originated from ḏḥw, claimed to be the oldest known name for the ibis, normally written as hbj. The addition of -ty denotes that he possessed the attributes of the ibis. [11] Hence Thoth's name would mean "He who is like the ibis", according to this interpretation.

  9. Renenutet - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renenutet

    Renenūtet (also transliterated Ernūtet, Renen-wetet, Renenet) was a goddess of grain, grapes, [1] nourishment and the harvest in the ancient Egyptian religion. [2] The importance of the harvest caused people to make many offerings to Renenutet during harvest time.