God Osiris

God  whose  world  is Duat  the Egyptian Underworld. He  is  shown  in  human  form,  as  in his  earliest  coming into court  yet  old  on a block from the reign of King Djedkara Izezi (Dynasty V) which points the head and office of the upper torso of a deity, above whom  are  the  hieroglyphical  symbols  of Osiris's  name.  In  fuller  iconography  his body is represented as wrapped in mummy binds from which his arms issue to hold the wands of kingship  the curve and the flail. His distinctive crown experienced as the Atef comprises a rams horns at its  base,  and  a  tall  conical  centrepiece sporting a hook on each side.

The composition of his name has appealed much  attending  from  scholars  trusting  to discover  an  etymology  down  it  which could lead to conclusive proof concerning Osiriss  origins.  Few  possibilities  have  met with  even  a  quorum  of  acceptation  and most  remain  unconvincing.  From  the symbolizations of the eye and the pot, Osiris has been given sources both east and west of  the  Nile,  e.g.  in  Mesopotamia  as  the god Marduk, and in Libya as an suspect corn-god  bearing  a  Berber  name  which implies the old one. His name has been broken by others to close he who interests the throne or he who pairs with Isis.  It  has  even  been  proposed  that behind  Osiris  there  lurks  an  new mother-goddess  whose  name  might  be interpreted  as  she  who  belongs  the uterus.  However,  the  most  likely  account seems to be the simplest: Osiriss name is linked with the word woser which  would  give  the  smell  of  the Mighty One.


Other features of Osiris:

Osiris in Greco-Roman Time
Osiris as a Father of Horus
Temple of Philae as a cult place of Osiris
Osiris and the Pharaohs
The Gardens of Osiris
Osiris Ceremonies
Temple of Osiris at Abydos

God Horus

God Horus

God Horus was one of the earliest ancient Egyptian gods, although until the Greek Period he was visited Hor. In fact, beliefs about Horus and the names by which he was famous varied widely looking on local traditions. Sometimes the deity was experienced as Horus the Elder, or Hor-Wer in ancient Egyptian, a power of good battling evil. He was likewise Horus of Gold, or Hor-Nubti, undoer of the heavy god Seth; Horus of the Horizon, or Har-akhtes, a sun deity who grown part of the solar God Ra as Re-Horakhty; or Harsiesis,  or  Hor-sa-iset,  featured  in mythology as the young son of the goddess Isis. In some myths he was taken  the  son  of  the  goddess  Hathor instead. Worshipped as Horus the Behdetite at a enshrine in Edfu, he was a falcon deity who transformed into a smart sun disk. Elsewhere he was Horus, the Uniter of the 2 Lands, or Horu-Sema-Tawy, who after shelling the evil god Seth united Egypt within himself as king on earth and the god Osiris as king of the divine realm. Thus Egypts kings were sometimes called the physical manifestation of Horus while they were living and of Osiris after they died.

From leastways as early as the 1st Dynasty, Horus was linked with Egypts kings. At that time they leaded off using his name as one of their royal titles and his main symbol, the falcon, as the symbol for kingship. Hence Horus was oftentimes called  the  protector  of  the  king  yet though he was also said to be the king in physical form. Because of this association, the king played the part of Horus in certain fetes and rites.

As a major deity in the Egyptian pantheon, Horus is the subject of some myths. One of these mythsfound in the Chester Beatty Papyrus I and going steady from the Twentieth Dynasty reign of Ramses V tells of a conflict between Horus and his uncle, Seth. The two go before the romance of the gods, presided over by the god Ra, and each argues that he deserves to win Osiris as the living king of Egypt.  Seth  claims  this  right  as  the brother of Osiris, even though he was likewise his murderer, while Horus claims it as Osiriss son and heir. (In other myths, Horus is Osiriss buddy.) The gods consider both lines and begin arguing among themselves, some reading that Seth would make a improved king because of his more advance age and strength and his fierceness; others favor Horus for his goodness and honor and his place as Osiriss son. Afterwards much debate, the gods adjourn without taking a conclusion.

Other features of Horus:

Horus and the Pharaohs
Horuss Four Sons (Canopic Jars)
Egyptian Myth of Creation, Horus with Isis and Osiris
The Elder Horus (Haroeris)
Conflict between Horus and Set (Mythology)
Horus as a Child (Harpokrates)
Horus as Sky god

God Ra

God Ra

God Ra or Re, R  was  the  senior  solar  deity  of  the  ancient  Egyptians,  whose  rage  at Heliopolis, or  Hermopolis Magna, got in the Early Dynastic Period. R was the near standard  solar  deity  of  Egypt,  and  his  cult  united many  of  the  properties  and  mythology  of  various  other temples. Ra looked on the ancient pyramidal stone in the phoenix hall at Heliopolis, as a symbolisation of rebirth and positive feedback. Re cult related itself with material profits:  health,  children,  manliness,  and  the  portion  of  the nation. Representing the sun, the cult was rooted in the raising prospects of nature and light.

The sun was addressed Khepri at dawn, Ra at noon, and deity Atum at night. As Atum the God was showed as a human with  a  double  crown  upon  his  head.  As  Khepri  he  considered the form of the sacred relieved. As R the god was showed as a man with the head of a falcon, overcome by the cobra and the Uraeus. He was also discovered with Horus, then  called  R-Horakhty,  R-Horus.  In  this  figure he was the horizon dweller. At dawn Ra discovered the sky  in  his  solar boat, visited  the  Boat  of  Millions  of Years, accompanied by lesser divinities of his train.

The God Ra looked in the form of Atum in the creation  myths  taught  at  Heliopolis.  Ptah is  suspect  to have determined the egg out of which Ra arose. In the other cosmologic or creation stories of Egypt, R was depicted as rising as a Lotus flower from the waters of the abysm. In turn he begat Geb, the earth, and Nut, the sky. Of these were born Osiris, Set, Isis, and Nephthys. The mounting and declining of the moon was the monthly restoration of the Eye of Ra by the deity Thoth. This eye, alongside the Eye of Horus, grown one of the holiest symbolizations of ancient Egypt.

God Ra was the Real King, as Osiris was the Dead King. During the Old Kingdom the conception of the kings taking  the  powers  of  Ra  took source. The kings  went  the corporal  sons  of  the  deity, a construct  that  would  continue endless throughout Egyptian history. Even Alexander III the great afterwards  he  inhibited  Egypt  with  his Greek forces journeyed to the Siwa oasis in the Libyan desert to  be  took  as  a  son  of  the  deity  R  and  be  given  the powers  of  the  true  pharaohs  of  the River Nile.  During  the  New Kingdom the deity Amun was agreed to Ra to get the most powerful deity in Egypt

Other features of Ra:

Relationship of Ra to other gods
The Role of Ra
Ra as Creator