Egyptian mythology

Egyptian mythology (or Egyptian religion) is the name for the succession of beliefs held by the people of Egypt until the coming of Christianity and Islam. The timespan involved is nearly three thousand years, and beliefs varied considerably over time, so an article or, indeed, even one whole book, cannot do more than outline the many entities and subjects in this complex system of beliefs. Egyptian Mythology is different from Greek or Roman Mythology, in that in Egyptian Mythology most deities are of human body and animal head or vice versa.

Table of contents

1 The Articles
2 Worship

2.1 Temples

3 The World

3.2 Creation
3.3 Heaven and earth
3.4 The Nile

4 The Afterlife

4.5 Egyptian embalming
4.6 Burial
4.7 The book of the dead
4.8 The weighing of the heart

5 External influences

5.9 Libyan period
5.10 Ptolemaic period
5.11 Roman period

6 The coming of monotheism

The Articles

Nebtuu

Rat-taui

Shai

Somtus

Taouris

Uneg

Unut

Urthekau

Wosyet

Zenenet

See http://touregypt.net/godsofegypt/ for the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism's extensive information on Egyptian Deities.

(Note: This list came from Deities.)

Worship

Temples

temples as representations of the world... Some temples today are still standing, which you can see in Egypt. Others are in crumbles from wear and tear. Pharaoh Ramses II built a lot of temples in his day.

known temples include Abu Simbel...

The World

Creation

Heaven and earth

The Nile

The Afterlife

Egyptian embalming

Since preservation of the body was instrumental in keeping the Ka and Ba souls, embalming was developed by the Egyptians around the 4th Dynasty.

Burial

The book of the dead

The weighing of the heart

External influences

Libyan period

Ptolemaic period

Started with Ptolemy I of Egypt and ended with Cleopatra VII.

Roman period

The coming of monotheism

See also History of Egypt, Sun mythology