Ancient Egypt

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Egyptian Gods

.Egyptian Gods Norse Gods
god Ra Odin
Depiction of gods
  • Early Dynasty - Animals
  • Old Kingdom - Human with animal faces
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  • Human - male and female
    • Number of gods
  • More than 2000 gods - Some, such as Ra were worshipped throughout the whole country. while most had only a local cult center
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  • Only 50 gods - worshipped by all Norse people (no dedicated cult cities or local gods)
    • Main gods 1- Ra - the sun god and the lord of the universe
    2- Amun - flourished in the New Kingdom.
    3- Ptah - Memphis main deity
    4- Osiris - god of the underworld who made a peaceful afterlife possible
  • Odin, Thor and Freya
    • Dwelling
  • Temples - were the dwelling places of gods, every god had his dedicated temple which were accessible by Priests and Pharaohs
  • Asgard - the home and citadel of the gods. It was located in the heaven and was accessible only over the rainbow bridge, Bifrost
  • The Germanic tribes never had temples
    • Sacrifice
  • Daily offerings to gods in temples, consisting of food and drink - No Human sacrifice
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  • frequent Human sacrifices, specially to god Odin, these included defeated kings and soldiers in battles
    • Forces of universe
  • Gods commanded the universe with no rivals ( Seth is a wicked god who commanded the desert).
  • Supreme, powerful and immortal gods
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  • Daemons and giants rivaled the gods - The Norse myths held that Asgard would be destroyed in a final battle in which the demons would overcome the gods, this vision of the end times is uniquely pessimistic showing the gods capable of being defeated

    • Thebes Family Tree Heliopolis Family Tree Memphis Family Tree

    Amun Mut    		 Ra Creator Of Gods (Manifestations: Khepri at sunrise, Horakhty at noon and Atum at night)
     Hathor
    Ptah Sekhmet
    Sons Of Amun & Mut Sons Of Ra the Creator Sons Of Ptah and Sekhmet

    Mentu     		Shu and Tefnut
    Shu Tefnut
    Thoth Maat
    Bastet     		The Four Sons of Horakhty
    The four sons of Horakhty
    Imhotep
    Sons Of Shu and Tefnut

    Geb Nut
    Sons Of Geb & Nut

    Seth Nephthys
    Isis Osiris

    Anubis
    illegitimate son of Osiris and Nephthys
    Horus

    Other Gods
    Aten
         		Bes
         		Apep
         		Khnum
    Apis
         		Min
         		Serapis
         		Sobek



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