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Gods In Egyptian Mythology

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In Egyptian mythology, there are numerous amounts of gods, myths, and symbols they play out in their stories. Both Egyptian and greek and roman myths are almost equivalent to each other in terms on which and what gods are accountable for a job. There is 40 plus Gods, 12 different pyramids, hundreds of amounts of hieroglyphics, and almost the same amounts symbols.
The story starts off from all god's coming from one person which would be Nun. Nun, in fact, was not viewed as a person but more like a thing, he was a limitless expanse of motionless water. He played a role in which was he was the destruction of mankind when humans no longer respected and obeyed Re (Ra). Ra was the Egyptian god of the sun, son of Nun, around the fifth dynasty he …show more content…

If it was heavier its soul would be devoured by Ammut (the gobbler) and the soul would then cease to exist. His symbol was a black and white ox-hide (skin of an ox) splattered with blood and hanging from a pole. It's meaning still remains unknown. Anubis was a son of Osiris and Nepthys. In this myth, they state that Nephthys took the form of Isis, seduced him with wine and she became pregnant with …show more content…

This story was written in hieroglyphics found on the Island of Sahal in 1890 by Charles Wilbour. It was said that during the eighteenth year of the king Tcheser, the third king of the 3rd dynasty, the entire region of the Island of Elephantine and the district of Nubia was ruled by the high official Mater. The king that sent to dispatch to Matar was upset because for seven years there had been no adequate inundation of the Nile. The results of this were scarce for everything they harvest, vegetables and garden produce of every kind could not be found, and the people had very little food to eat, and they were in such need that the people were robbing each other for supplies. The men wished to go out and find supplies but were too weak, children cried for food, young men collapsed because a lack of food, and the aged old people were dying, and they laid themselves down on the ground to

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