Egyptian
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Hail Wepwawet, Shape-shifting son of Re Opener of Ways, War-God, He Who carries the sharpest arrows Jackal-headed and clad in armor. Are You the One called Anubis, The other canine Deity of Aiegyptos? With Him You share the duty of guiding the dead And with Him You share the deepest secrets Of the Seen and
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Hail Anubis, Opener of the Way Black Dog of Egypt, Weigher of Hearts Son of Nephthys, son of Isis Liminal God, way-walker He Who dwells in the Necropolis At the edge of daylight Where shadows dwell Fearlessly You stride Into the dark of night What have You to fear In the cold night’s depths? For
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Wepwawet (Upuaut, Wep-wawet, Wep-waut, Wepuat, Ophois in Greek), Who I have written about briefly before on this blog, is an ancient canid-formed Deity from the Old Kingdom of Egypt. It seems He may have been worshipped as early as the third dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Abydos, located in Upper Egypt, is His most sacred
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Anubis is the canid Egyptian God of the dead. He protected the pieces of Osiris’ body while Isis collected them, so that He could eventually be resurrected. He oversees mummification and so is associated with immortality. His center of worship was in uten-ha/Sa-ka/, which the Greeks simply called Cynopolis, “Dog City”. His worship alongside Isis
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Won’t be posting for it till next week, but in case anyone is curious, June’s Gods of the Month are Yinepu/Anubis. Wepwawet, and Odin. It’s interesting that Anubis and Wepwawet showed up the same month. I’m not choosing these, I shuffle the deck thoroughly every time. It’s completely random. Odin is also the second Norse
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Ptolemy III, who was given the title Euergetes, “Benefactor”, was born in 284 BCE. Euergetes married Berenike II of Cyrene (whom he was not related to). They had six children, including Ptolemy IV Philopater, who succeeded him. He was 30 years old when he became Pharaoh. His Egyptian title, which I’m never going to even
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I just posted this a month and a half ago. Of course, I had no idea that Ma’at would come up as one of the Gods of the Month, so I’m posting it again … Ma’at, Pure and Divine Crowned with the ostrich feather Goddess of all virtue and goodness Lady of Justice, Queen
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Ma’at is both the concept and the Goddess of “right order” — truth, justice, order, harmony with the Kosmos and with other human beings, and piety. She is the fundamental order of the Kosmos. Ma’at is not just one thing. The title of this book is “Doing Ma’at”, which refers to the fact Ma’at
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Hail to the Cow-Eyed One Joyful Hathor, Beloved of all the Gods, Divine Midwife, Nurse of Horus. Great Hathor, you are more than the Lady of Love Golden One, You are the Mistress of All Good Things Lady of Cheerfulness, Goddess of beer Lady of Beauty, Mistress of Myrrh You dance in the Temple precinct
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Hail to You, Green-faced, Ram-headed one! Great Khnum, Divine Potter, Most ancient of Gods! From the mud of the Holy River Neilos You bring forth life Your deft hands work upon the earth, shaping it upon Your wheel, Turning it from black goo, into a living creature Into a human, an animal, a God. You
Temple of Athena the Savior 