Reading Notes: Ancient Egyptian Myths, Part B

 

Sacred Bull

Egyptian Myth and Legend by Donald Mackenzie (1907).

The Two Brothers story was wild. 

I didn’t know there were panther in Egypt, or that they were used to describe anger. It's a good note to fit in an appropriate analogy. 

How often did Ra give women to people?

Why did Bata become a Bull?

Why do women keep plotting to kill Bata?

What the heck was that story? I’m not sure if there was a meaning to it….

Reading Notes: Ancient Egyptian Myths, Part A

Ra-Horakhty, a combined deity of Horus and Ra

Egyptian Myth and Legend by Donald Mackenzie (1907).

The ancients held the sun as a god and the creator of life, which is true in a sense.

It is interesting that the Egyptians believed that the world was initially water like the Native Americans.

It is interesting how many different cultures held true or secret names as powerful.

I guess 7000 jars are enough to get a god drunk, good to know. I like that if the Nile floods red they offer beer to Hathor.

 There are several poisonous reptiles in Egypt, so it makes sense that the people would glorify “magicians” that can protect them.