Egyptian Mythology by Tamara Contreras https://padlet.com/tamaracontreras1714/d8pbfsl9210zgi4c Mythology Fall 2020 en-us 2020-10-08 01:56:38 UTC 2025-12-03 12:49:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Facts about Egyptian Mythology tamaracontreras1714 https://padlet.com/tamaracontreras1714/d8pbfsl9210zgi4c/wish/812391038 1) Ancient Egyptians firmly believed in preserving the corpses of the dead for their eligibility and right of passage into the afterlife.
2)Mummification didn't only occur with human beings. Ancient Egyptians worshipped animals, more specifically cats, which they also mummified.
3)Egyptians portrayed their fellow gods and goddesses with animalistic features as well as humanoid structures.
4)Pyramids were more than monuments. They were believed to be a connection and a form of transportation that connected the soul (Ka) to the heavens.
5)Ancient Egyptians also connected gods and goddesses to the divination of a certain animal, for example, Bastet (feline goddess) and Heqet (frog goddess).
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]]> 2020-10-08 01:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tamaracontreras1714/d8pbfsl9210zgi4c/wish/812391038 Facts about Egyptian Mythology tamaracontreras1714 https://padlet.com/tamaracontreras1714/d8pbfsl9210zgi4c/wish/812404657 6)Anubis, the god of death, was exhibited to possess the head of a jackal. A jackal was used because of the myth of its tendency to dig up dead bodies.
7)Similarly to other pantheons, Egyptian gods and goddesses tended to marry within their family. (For example, Osiris & Isis, and Shu & Tefnut).
8)It is said, regarding the Egyptian creation story, that Re came together with his shadow to create his children.
9)Ancient Egyptians had two types of writings that only certain scribes could understand. The writings were hieroglyphics and cursive.
10)Ancient Egyptian Mythology is said to have begun with Amun, who created himself out of his own sheer will.
11)Amun, the almighty being, was neither male nor female. 
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https://www.factinate.com/things/42-powerful-facts-egyptian-gods/ ]]> 2020-10-08 02:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tamaracontreras1714/d8pbfsl9210zgi4c/wish/812404657 Egyption Mythology: tamaracontreras1714 https://padlet.com/tamaracontreras1714/d8pbfsl9210zgi4c/wish/812407653 Egyptian myths such as The Creation Myth and the myth of Osiris & Isis vary. Numerous versions are told; however, they are morphologically structured the same as they consist of the original primordial storyline. They each consist of the same crucial elements that make these myths an overall significant artifact within Ancient Egyptian Mythology.]]> 2020-10-08 02:07:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tamaracontreras1714/d8pbfsl9210zgi4c/wish/812407653 Image #1 tamaracontreras1714 https://padlet.com/tamaracontreras1714/d8pbfsl9210zgi4c/wish/812409250 This image depicts Osiris, the god of the afterlife, and Isis, the queen of the gods. They were extremely important entities in Egyptian Mythology. Osiris was the main god that aided humankind and was, therefore, considered the primordial god. Isis, his sister, and wife ruled beside him and played a large role when he was killed by his brother, Seth.
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https://www.misrtravel.net/Misr-Tavel-Blogs/Misr-Blogs/Osiris-god-of-the-aftelife]]> 2020-10-08 02:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tamaracontreras1714/d8pbfsl9210zgi4c/wish/812409250 Image #2 tamaracontreras1714 https://padlet.com/tamaracontreras1714/d8pbfsl9210zgi4c/wish/812409593 This image displays the practice of mummification on the divine Pharoah. It used to be a very costly process that was ultimately designated for the Pharaoh and those who ruled beside him in high nobility such as priests.
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http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/egypt/mummies.htm ]]> 2020-10-08 02:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tamaracontreras1714/d8pbfsl9210zgi4c/wish/812409593 Text #1: The Book of the Dead tamaracontreras1714 https://padlet.com/tamaracontreras1714/d8pbfsl9210zgi4c/wish/812410298 The Book of the Dead was primarily a collection of rituals and spells that were used on sarcophagi for preservation and as assistance for the Ka (spirit) in the passage through the afterlife.
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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2016/01-02/egypt-book-of-the-dead/
]]> 2020-10-08 02:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tamaracontreras1714/d8pbfsl9210zgi4c/wish/812410298 Text#2 : The Pyramid Texts tamaracontreras1714 https://padlet.com/tamaracontreras1714/d8pbfsl9210zgi4c/wish/812410497 The Pyramid Texts were religious inscriptions that alluded to Egyptian gods, the afterlife, and the quest of the Ka. They were also texts that pertained to the literate scribes and religious personnel for funerary occasions and practices. These particular texts were very useful to the Pharaoh, the mediator between gods and the common folk, for the right of direction.
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https://www.ancient.eu/article/148/the-pyramid-texts-guide-to-the-afterlife/
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