You really under the impressions that Bronze Age Egyptians actually knew everything there is to know about actual formation of the universe, of the Milky Way, of the Sun, and of the Earth itself. You actually believe that Egyptians knew in which order the whole cosmos have formed are based on the birthing orders of the gods that they were personifications of.
Each of the Egyptian gods (Amun, Ra, Hathor, etc) that we have talked about in this threads, have their attributes changed from one form to another, from one period to the next, throughout Egypt history. Also depending upon different periods and different cult centres, who was parent of whom, also changed.
As one among 8 deities of the Ogdoad in Khemenu, Amun was paired Amaunet, and they were the personifications hidden or invisibility, during the 3rd millennium BCE (Old Kingdom), where Amun had nothing to with the light, nor that of the Milky Way...not during this period (Old Kingdom). Nor was Amun “superior“ or “supreme” over all of primordial deities of Ogdoad.
During the Middle Kingdom, Egypt’s capital moved from Old Kingdom Memphis, to Thebes, and with that move, Amun have moved from Khemenu to Thebes. Not only was Amun’s attributes changed during this move, in Thebes he was no longer the primordial deity of the Ogdoad at Khemenu, his spouse changed from Amaunet to Thebes’ mother-goddess Mut (daughter of Ra), and together they have son Khonsu, forming the Triad in Thebes.
Amun remained in this Triad in Thebes, during the New Kingdom, but from the 18th dynasty, he became Amun-Ra, and from that point on, Amun was the supreme deity in the Egyptian pantheon, and during this period, he was associated with the Milky Way.
But prior to the New Kingdom period, even before these dynastic periods, in the late 4th millennium BCE (known as the Predynastic Period or Protodynastic Period), it was the cow goddess Bat who was originally the personification of the entire sky, including the Milky Way.
Later, in the Old, Middle & New kingdoms, the personification of the Milky Way went to Mehet-Weret and to Hathor.
Whether Hathor was mother, daughter or wife of Ra, matters not. That Ra (personification of the Sun) being father to Hathor (personification of the Milky Way)…does that really matter? The ancient Egyptians weren’t aware of the actual cosmology of the universe, and that they were clueless as Milky Way is really just among billions of galaxies in the Universe.
That you think the ancient Egyptians have real knowledge about the Milky Way or about the Sun, your own personal belief in this myth is disconnected with reality.
You:
You really under the impressions that Bronze Age Egyptians actually knew everything there is to know about actual formation of the universe, of the Milky Way, of the Sun, and of the Earth itself. You actually believe that Egyptians knew in which order the whole cosmos have formed are based on the birthing orders of the gods that they were personifications of.
Remark:
I´ve NEVER said our ancestors knew of a creation of the entire Universe, aside they had/have it to be eternal in nature and having an intrinsic eternal cyclical process of Creation, Dissolution, and Re-Creation. You could have concluded that yourself by REALLY reading what I am writing.
The ancestral telling was/is specifically of the preconditions of, and factual formation of the Milky Way, including our Solar System. You too can conclude this to by taking the telling seriously connecting it and its symbols to the Milky Way et large.
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You:
Each of the Egyptian gods (Amun, Ra, Hathor, etc) that we have talked about in this threads, have their attributes changed from one form to another, from one period to the next, throughout Egypt history. Also depending upon different periods and different cult centres, who was parent of whom, also changed.
As one among 8 deities of the Ogdoad in Khemenu, Amun was paired Amaunet, and they were the personifications hidden or invisibility, during the 3rd millennium BCE (Old Kingdom), where Amun had nothing to with the light, nor that of the Milky Way...not during this period (Old Kingdom). Nor was Amun “superior“ or “supreme” over all of primordial deities of Ogdoad.
During the Middle Kingdom, Egypt’s capital moved from Old Kingdom Memphis, to Thebes, and with that move, Amun have moved from Khemenu to Thebes. Not only was Amun’s attributes changed during this move, in Thebes he was no longer the primordial deity of the Ogdoad at Khemenu, his spouse changed from Amaunet to Thebes’ mother-goddess Mut (daughter of Ra), and together they have son Khonsu, forming the Triad in Thebes.
Amun remained in this Triad in Thebes, during the New Kingdom, but from the 18th dynasty, he became Amun-Ra, and from that point on, Amun was the supreme deity in the Egyptian pantheon, and during this period, he was associated with the Milky Way.
But prior to the New Kingdom period, even before these dynastic periods, in the late 4th millennium BCE (known as the Predynastic Period or Protodynastic Period), it was the cow goddess Bat who was originally the personification of the entire sky, including the Milky Way.
Later, in the Old, Middle & New kingdoms, the personification of the Milky Way went to Mehet-Weret and to Hathor.
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Remark: You are taking primordial archetypical and eternal (Ogdoad) elementry entities of creation to be historically only - if ever tou take this serious at all, I mean.
You:
Whether Hathor was mother, daughter or wife of Ra, matters not. That Ra (personification of the Sun) being father to Hathor (personification of the Milky Way)…does that really matter? The ancient Egyptians weren’t aware of the actual cosmology of the universe, and that they were clueless as Milky Way is really just among billions of galaxies in the Universe.
Remark: It obvious doesn´t matter to you how our ancestors perceived their cosmological perception and cosmogonical description. No matter how many astronomical and cosmological informations are contained in the ancestral myths, it is STILL just a fairy tale to you.
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You:
That you think the ancient Egyptians have real knowledge about the Milky Way or about the Sun, your own personal belief in this myth is disconnected with reality.
Remark: Have you ever heard of the academic concept of “Comparative Mythology and Religion”? It regards the ancestral COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE and not a personal one.
