most intelligent couple in Egyptian mythology is the god of wisdom, who taught people the letter, and his wife Maat, goddess of truth and order.Djehuty (second name of Thoth) - a very ancient god.It is mentioned in the pre-dynastic period - 5000-3100 gg.BC.
time great dynasties
In the same time period in ancient Egypt appears writing, the earliest monuments which belong to 3400 BC.During the time relating to the dynastic period, Egyptian mythology itself is very varied.Everyone comes to the power of the dynasty established a cult deity patronize their family.So, V dynasty of the Old Kingdom recognized the supreme deity of the sun god Ra, which came to replace the god Amon of space and air, and then the god of the dead - Osiris.God of wisdom, learned people writing was known long before the supreme deities listed above.
ancient god
According to some sources, the atlas He was having all the knowledge of the lost civilization of Atlantis.It is alleged that he was deified king of Egypt in "the era of the reign of the gods."That is a very long time, for tens of thousands of years before our era.In addition, according to some reports, this is the ancient Egyptian god of wisdom built the Great Pyramid at Giza, where he hid the ancient records of Atlantis.Once he was not styled - and the leader of the seven wise men of Egypt and Hermes Trizhdyvelichayshim who wrote the legend of about 36 thousand books, which is all the wisdom of the world.
, instead of many
Somehow, the Greeks drew analogies between his god Thoth and Hermes, although the latter was the messenger of the gods and patron of trade.But sometimes Hermes compared with Prometheus in the field of human sciences and education skills.And here you can find many similarities between Prometheus and Thoth.God of wisdom, learned people writing in ancient Egypt, in common with the way titanium literate of his fellow Greeks.In addition, the image of Thoth has much in common with the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom Pallas Athene.Some similar features can be found in Djehuty and Hades, ruler of the underworld of ancient Greece.Although Doughty afterlife of ancient Egyptians, kings were first Anubis, Osiris later, He had the dead most relevant.
Court Osiris
He led them to account, as always with his wife was present at the court of Osiris.God of wisdom, who taught people the letter, the personal secretary of Ra is always depicted with him in the boat eternity (or Boat of millions of years), he led the accounting and classification of the souls of the dead.In Maat at the trial were his duties.She weighed the hearts of men, departed to the other world.And on one scale laid heart of the deceased, the other - the statuette itself Maat.Equilibrium meant that a person is righteous and worthy of the ancient Egyptian heaven - eternal bliss in the cane fields Iaru.
Creator time
to give tribute and Thoth as the god of time, because that's what he is credited with the creation of a year of 365 days, 5 of which he allegedly won in a dice.This version is very interesting, because in those days were born added Osiris, Seth, Nephthys, and Isis Horuru.According to legend, their mother, the goddess Nut, it was forbidden to give birth during the year consisted of 360 days.He won by adding days, did a full year, and Nut gave the happiness of motherhood.Thus, the god of wisdom in ancient Egypt has provided the birth of the principal gods of the ancient Egyptian pantheon.Year he pitched for months, their - for days and weeks, and so on.He kept a record of the time and accomplished events.In large quantities it is invented everyday and religious ceremonies, that is to equip people's lives.Preoccupied by the fact that the volume of information to teach them humanity dies with their departure to the other world, the god of wisdom in the Egyptian pantheon, decided to teach the people writing and thus ensure the transmission of accumulated knowledge from generation to generation.And then he introduced mankind to all the sciences.He is considered the organizer of the whole intellectual life of ancient Egypt.
God virtue
not count his good works and duties.I believe that He is associated with the tides of the Nile, that he returned to Egypt from Nubia Tefnut, goddess of moisture and humid air, dew, rain and fertility, thus ensuring a flourishing Egyptian nature.Believe it, and God of High Magic, writing and music.Perhaps all that distinguishes man from the animal, was in charge of the god Thoth.All kinds of knowledge and creativity are in his diocese.He is a perfect God and a positive, than also very much like Prometheus, did not commit any dual actions.God of wisdom in Ancient Egypt usually depicted a man on whose shoulders the head of an ibis.Scientists believe it is northern bald ibis - a bird, almost extinct today.No one knows why the ancient Egyptians for the symbol of wisdom was chosen ibis.There is the assumption that because of the feathers, which were used for writing.Very often, this god depicted with a baboon.In his hands, as a rule, He holds a board for writing, outwardly resembling a palette.
vast pantheon
ancient Egyptian gods differ significantly from the other gods of the ancient world.For example, each had five names, which can vary during the day.They are not in contact with people who did not have clear objectives and functions, that is, they were more abstract than, say, the inhabitants of Mount Olympus.In the Egyptian pantheon of many gods, their list would take several pages.There are many lists, where the main ancient Egyptian gods are present in an amount of 13 to 18 subjects.It Amon Ra, Anubis and Osiris, Horus and Aton, the one and Khnum, Seth, and Ptah Sebek.In addition, the list of "principal" includes the goddess Isis and Hathor.
