ANCIENT EGYPT by Kenneth Maximo Kosling

A Akh or (Ax)

kennimokoz — 2013-11-18 22:03:57 UTC

The body is buried while the akh, the shining one, ascends to the sky, becoming a star. It comes into being when ba and ka unite and is part of the person least bound to the rest, leaving it behind in the quest for immortality. Rising to the heaven king Unas joined the stars.

B Ba

kennimokoz — 2013-11-18 22:16:07 UTC

From the end f the Old Kingdom onwards the ba, was the sum of the immortal forces inherent in human beings which made up his personality. It has been called a person's psyche and is generally translated as a soul. But it was also in a way a corporeal, sexual being, which needed food and drink.

C Crook

kennimokoz — 2013-11-18 22:27:49 UTC

The crook was a scepter in the shape of a shepherd's crook. As a royal attribute it was shortened and held by the pharaohs. As a symbol of state power it was also used by high officials at times.

D Djed-pillar

kennimokoz — 2013-11-18 22:52:42 UTC

The Djed-pillar is an ancient symbol for stability and endurance. It is mentioned in the Pyramids Texts of the Old Kingdom. One assumes that the djed-signs engraved on columns were hoped to improve the stability of the building.

E Electrum

kennimokoz — 2013-11-18 23:05:55 UTC

Electrum is a gold-silver alloy which occurred naturally. It had a silver contents somewhat higher than twenty percent and its color was a pale amber. It was mostly imported from countries south of Egypt: Punt, Emu, etc.

F Flail

kennimokoz — 2013-11-19 11:50:16 UTC

The flail or flabellum consisted of a short handle with three beaded strands or flyers attached to it. It was an ancient symbol of royal power and was often depicted with other regalia, generally the crook, but also the mace.

G Griffin

kennimokoz — 2013-11-19 11:59:10 UTC

Griffins are chimaerae with eagle or hawk heads and feline bodies. Sometimes they were depicted with wings.

H Horus

kennimokoz — 2013-11-19 12:04:19 UTC

In Egyptian mythology Horus was the god of light. He personified the life-giving power of the sun, which was one of his eyes, the other being the moon. Horus was usually represented as a falcon-headed man wearing a sun disk as a crown

I Isis

kennimokoz — 2013-11-19 12:11:48 UTC

Isis was the mother goddess of fertility and nature. Her worship was combined with that of her brother and husband, Osiris, and her son Horus. After the murder of Osiris she rescued his body.

J Judgement of the Dead

kennimokoz — 2013-11-19 22:26:24 UTC

The tradition of the Judgement of the Dead was introduced after the collapse of the old kingdom, during which the king as son of Horus had been immortal and as beyond reproach. In the pyramid texts it was the king who was acting rather rather than being acted upon, and the role of the gods was to protect and not to judge him. But, as ordinary mortals began to

K Ka

kennimokoz — 2013-11-20 11:11:01 UTC

Unfortunately the ancient Egyptians never defined clearly what was meant byka The concepts may well have undergone changes over the millennia or had different meaning according to the social setting. Ka has been variously translated as soul, life-force, will etc. but no single western concept is anything like it.

L Luxor

kennimokoz — 2013-11-20 11:28:59 UTC

Luxor is a city in upper Egypt and the capital of Luxor Governorate. The population numbers 487,896, with an area of approximately 416 square kilometers. As the site of the ancient Egyptians city of Thebes, Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "World's Greatest Open Air Museum", as the ruins of the temple complexes at Karnak and Luxor stand within the modern city.

M Maat

kennimokoz — 2013-11-20 11:54:58 UTC

Embodiment of the divine order, truth, and justice. Maat, absent from the chaos before the act of creation, was the base of all being. She was constantly under attack by the forces of chaos such as the Apepi snake trying to destroy Re on his course through the underworld, but also by more mundane human activities like people committing crimes.

N Nut

kennimokoz — 2013-11-20 12:02:09 UTC

Nut was the Heliopolitan goddess of the sky, protector mother deity of the dead. She was the consort of the earth god Geb, the heavens above the land of creation while Naunut remained the heavens above Nun, the primordial waters surrounding it. Nut gave birth to Osiris, Isis, Seth, and Nephthys.

O Osiris

kennimokoz — 2013-11-20 21:52:03 UTC

Osiris, god of the dead and the Duat, was one of the most important deities in ancient Egypt. A fertility god in the Pre-Dynastic Period, he had about 2400 BCE become also a funerary god and the personification of dead pharaohs. With his sister-consort Isis and their son Horus, he formed the great triad of Abydos.

G Griffin

kennimokoz — 2013-11-20 21:58:01 UTC

Griffins are chimera with eagle or hawk heads and feline bodies. Sometimes they were depicted with wings.

P Phoenix

kennimokoz — 2013-11-20 22:10:50 UTC

The phoenix or benu bird was initially probably a kind of a wagtail rather than a heron. It was the holy bird if Heliopolis where it lived on a ben-ben stone or a holy willow tree. The phoenix was considered to be the ba of Re.

Q Qa'a

kennimokoz — 2013-11-20 22:16:26 UTC

Qa'a(also Qaa or Ka'a) wa the king of the First dynasty of Egypt. He reigned for 33 years at the end of the 30 century BC.

R Re

kennimokoz — 2013-11-20 22:23:43 UTC

Re was the Egyptian sun god and creator god. He was usually depicted in human form with a falcon head, crowned with the sun disc encircled by the uraeus. The sun itself was taken to be either his body or his eye.

S Serpopards

kennimokoz — 2013-11-20 22:29:07 UTC

Chimera, with feline bodies and heads and snakelike necks, they appear both on Egyptian and Mesopotamian artifacts.

T Tefnut

kennimokoz — 2013-11-20 22:34:04 UTC

Tefnut, created by Atem together with her brother and consort Shu, was the goddess of moisture as the traditional view had it or, according to Jan Assmann, of fire. According to the Shabaka Stone which expounds Memphite views, the gods were not created by Atem masturbating the Heliopolitan tradition, but by the divine word.

U Upuat

kennimokoz — 2013-11-20 22:43:06 UTC

Lord of Siut. Jackal headed Opener of the Path. A procession in his honor was held on the first of the intercalary days.

V Vizier

kennimokoz — 2013-11-20 22:46:41 UTC

The vizier or was the highest official in Ancient Egypt to serve the king, or pharaoh during the old, middle, and new kingdoms. The instruction of Rekhmire, a new kingdom text, defines many of the duties of the tjaty, and lays down codes of behavior. The viziers were often appointed by the pharaoh, most from loyalty or talent.

W Wadjet

kennimokoz — 2013-11-20 22:59:50 UTC

The moon eye of Horus. It was torn out by Seth and replaced by Thoth, hence - the eye that is well.

X Xerxes

kennimokoz — 2013-11-20 23:18:21 UTC

Xerxes I of Persia meaning "ruling over heroes" also known as Xerxes the Great (519-465 BC), was the fourth King of Kings of Persia. In Judeo-Christian tradition, Xerxes I is believed to be the Persian king identified as ahasuerus in the biblical book of esther.

Y Yuya

kennimokoz — 2013-11-20 23:24:38 UTC

Yuya was a powerful Egyptian courtier during the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. He was married to Tjuya, an Egyptian noblewoman associated with the royal family, who held high offices in the governmental and religious hierarchies. Their daughter, T iye,became the Great Royale Wilfe of Amenhotep III.

Z Zozer

kennimokoz — 2013-11-20 23:36:08 UTC

Zozer was an ancient Egyptian king of the 3rd dynasty during the old kingdom and the founder of this époque.

He is well known under his Hellenized names Tosorthros and Sesorthos. He was the son of king Khasekhemwy and queen Nimaethap, but if he also the direct throne successor is still unclear.

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