Egyptian
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Hail Seshat, The Lady of Builders! The All-Seeing Goddess Who records everything From the beginning of time, Unto its End. Wife of Thoth, Lady of Wisdom, Engineer’s Goddess, She Who stretches the cord. All temples to other Gods Are also a monument to Your greatness, O Seshat. For You are She Who designs structures to
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Khonsu, Light of Night Most Powerful Son of Ammon-Ra And Mother Mut Khonsu the Terrifying Who lives on hearts Consumer of Gods Who helps the Pharaoh absorb Their power Khonsu the Wanderer Guide of Night Who rides the crescent moon Across the sky Khonsu the Animator Who causes cattle to conceive Women
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I have not had as much time to research this month as I would like (something tells me that’s going to be more or less constant, especially in the summer months when there is so much to do on the homestead). So, I’m reposting this. It is from five years ago (October 2011) , so
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Khonsu (alternately Chonsu, Khensu, Khons, Chons or Khnshu), is most often the son of Ammon-Ra and Mut. He is part of the Theban Triad of Ammon, Mut, and Khonsu. But at Kom Ombo He was believed to be a son of Sobek and Hathor, and sometimes a child of Sekhmet or Bast. He is usually
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I’m posting this late because I don’t have internet on the homestead yet. March 5th was the usually considered the date of the Roman festival of Isidis Navigium, celebrating the Egyptian Isis as the patron of sailors (although some sources seem to say that it fell on March 6th, so hey, maybe I’m not late!).
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Just a quick one here, not quite the long essay I wrote last time, lol. I’ve gathered some links for each of the Gods of the Month, so you can go forth and so studying and thinking of your own on each of these very intriguing Deities. Some of these are mythological “just the facts”
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I don’t know if the Greek Nyx and the Egyptian Nuit were equated in ancient times, but the correlation made sense to me. Just my UPG. Primordial Nyx, Lady Night Daughter of Chaos, Mother of Strife Dark-manteled one, of shining eyes Flowing hair, of pitchest black Skin ebony-dark, Like space, Like fertile earth Black-cowled robe
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Dancing Bes Who delights in the loud clamor of drums And the din of war Leonine dwarf Out of Nubia Crowned with the ostrich feather Guardian of the Horus-child Who stands at the door To protect those who dwell within O Lord of Punt Chase away the mischievous spirits of misfortune And bring only sweet
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GMC: Bes, Agathos Daimon, and Household Worship So, Bes and the Agathos Daimon both shoved up in the same month, which I find fascinating. A cursory examination of Bes’ symbolism shows that He was regarded in Egypt as a protector of the home. He is sometimes also called Aha, which means “fighter”. There do not
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This was originally published on the Neos Alexandriaqwebsite, but I thought it would be good to re-post it here too, since there is little information about Ptolemy out there. Who was Ptolemy Soter? by Amanda Artemisia Forrester [Excerpted from the author’s class “Olympos in Egypt: An Introduction to the History of Alexandria, the Ptolemies,
Temple of Athena the Savior 