2022年11月29日 · Hathor was the cow-headed Egyptian goddess of love, marriage and motherhood. Like most long-worshiped deities she performed numerous mythological roles, including massacring the enemies of Ra, healing Horus, and nourishing the dead in the afterlife.

2022年11月29日 · Anubis was the jackal-headed Egyptian god of mummification. Originally the powerful son of Ra and god of the dead, as other deities rose in prominence he became the escort of the newly deceased into the afterlife.

2022年12月8日 · Isis was usually depicted in human form, and could sometimes be seen carrying a sistrum (an ancient percussion instrument). The myths and imagery surrounding Isis and another goddess, Hathor, were sometimes conflated. Isis would, at times, bear the cow horns and solar disk more commonly associated with Hathor.

2022年11月29日 · Horus of Behdebt was the husband of Hathor and father of Horus, Uniter-of-the-Two-Lands (also known as Horus Sematawy or Harsomtus) and Ihy. Horus the Younger. Horus the Younger came to prominence after the rise of the Osirian mythology. The son of Isis and Osiris, he first appeared in the Pyramid Texts during the 6th Dynasty (c. 2345-2181 BCE).

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2022年11月29日 · Bastet was a significant deity from a very early period in Egyptian history. At the Valley Temple of Khafre at Giza (c. 2570 BCE), she and Hathor were the only gods whose names were recorded. Initially worshipped as a fierce lioness goddess, Bastet eventually became better known for her gentler aspects.

2022年11月29日 · Osiris was the powerful Egyptian god of the underworld who passed judgement on the dead. Assassinated by his younger brother Set, his wife Isis had to recover his body not once, but twice, and in pieces.

2022年12月1日 · Bixia (碧霞) is a Chinese fertility goddess who protects young children and mothers. Also associated with the dawn, she set the perilous Yellow River back in its place during the Great Flood of China.

2022年11月29日 · Raet-Tawy was the female aspect of Ra. In classical depictions, she was often adorned with a sun disk and Hathor’s cow-horned headdress.. Pop Culture. The 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark featured Indiana Jones using the Staff of Ra to locate the ark of the covenant. Jaye Davidson played Ra in the 1994 movie Stargate.

2022年11月29日 · Hatshepsut’s birth was supported by a host of gods and goddesses, including Meskhent (goddess of births), Bes (protector of new mothers), Heget (a form of Hathor associated with fertility), and Khnum and went easily. After Hatshepsut was born, Hathor brought her to Amun so he could look upon her.