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Who is your favorite Egyptian God?
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Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Anubis, who is one of my patron gods.
Mathematician
Reason, and reason again
I chose Osiris. A few years ago I played a computer game (can't remember the title to save my life - but the premise was you were trying to catch some woman wearing a red trench coat by completing clues and mini-game) where you learned about Egyptian history. Osiris always stuck out to me. Fertility gods are just so cool. 
Feathers in Hair
World's Tallest Hobbit
Anubis! ("Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego" or "Where in Time.." I think, Gene!)
If we were able to choose goddesses, I would say Bastet, Sekhmet and Ma'at! Editted to say: I see now that there's a seperate thread for that!)
If we were able to choose goddesses, I would say Bastet, Sekhmet and Ma'at! Editted to say: I see now that there's a seperate thread for that!)
Ooh, tough one... Well, if only given the choices on the poll, I'd say Yinepu (Anubis). Specifically Wepwawet, which is technically a separate deity, but often synchrenized with Yinepu.
Wepwawet, Opener of Ways
Wepwawet is depicted as a light-skinned jackal (some say a gray or white wolf, though modern scholars are now thinking it's most likely a jackal). He is the Opener of Ways, much like Manannan in Celtic myth or Ganesh in Hindu myth; originally he was a war god, associated in some ways with the scout(s) who run ahead of the army and clear the way for the advancing army ("open the ways", if you will). In later mythology he was also seen as opening the ways for spirits to enter the underworld; he is a guide and psychopomp.
If we're allowed to choose someone not on the list... then it'd be a toss-up between Set and Wepwawet, for me.
Set is the Lord of Storms and Great of Strength. He is not a god of evil and he is not a god of isfet (the closest concept to "evil" in Egyptian cosmology); rather, he accompanies Ra on Ra's barge and at night fends off (some myths say "slays", each night) the isfet-monster Apep. He is protection, strength, and necessary chaos, necessary destruction. He's like the Tower in Tarot symbology; he destroys what must be destroyed in order to make room for new growth. He prunes, he sandblasts, he cleanses with chaos and cutting-away. It is not easy change; it is painful change, for certain; but it is necessary.
(The reason he was later viewed as "evil" is politics - followers of Set warred with the followers of Heru when the Heru-king wanted to unite Upper and Lower Egypt under one ruler. The Set-worshippers lost. The winner writes history, and that's exactly what happened. It's where the myth of the Contendings of Heru and Set comes from. But there were pharoahs who had Set as their patron; Seti I is one obvious one, as his name is derived from Set.)
For more information: per-set.org
Wepwawet, Opener of Ways
Wepwawet is depicted as a light-skinned jackal (some say a gray or white wolf, though modern scholars are now thinking it's most likely a jackal). He is the Opener of Ways, much like Manannan in Celtic myth or Ganesh in Hindu myth; originally he was a war god, associated in some ways with the scout(s) who run ahead of the army and clear the way for the advancing army ("open the ways", if you will). In later mythology he was also seen as opening the ways for spirits to enter the underworld; he is a guide and psychopomp.
If we're allowed to choose someone not on the list... then it'd be a toss-up between Set and Wepwawet, for me.
Set is the Lord of Storms and Great of Strength. He is not a god of evil and he is not a god of isfet (the closest concept to "evil" in Egyptian cosmology); rather, he accompanies Ra on Ra's barge and at night fends off (some myths say "slays", each night) the isfet-monster Apep. He is protection, strength, and necessary chaos, necessary destruction. He's like the Tower in Tarot symbology; he destroys what must be destroyed in order to make room for new growth. He prunes, he sandblasts, he cleanses with chaos and cutting-away. It is not easy change; it is painful change, for certain; but it is necessary.
(The reason he was later viewed as "evil" is politics - followers of Set warred with the followers of Heru when the Heru-king wanted to unite Upper and Lower Egypt under one ruler. The Set-worshippers lost. The winner writes history, and that's exactly what happened. It's where the myth of the Contendings of Heru and Set comes from. But there were pharoahs who had Set as their patron; Seti I is one obvious one, as his name is derived from Set.)
For more information: per-set.org
Circle_One
Well-Known Member
Osiris (Wesir), he is my patron God.
Trey of Diamonds
Well-Known Member
The main god is my main man. But I'm not real up on my Ancient Egyptian theology. What little I know I find facinating though and wonder just how much of it is hidden in the Abrahimic religions.
But I'm not real up on my Ancient Egyptian theology. What little I know I find facinating though and wonder just how much of it is hidden in the Abrahimic religions.
enchanted_one1975
Resident Lycanthrope
I hope I am not too late to get in on this thread? I currently worship Anubis with all of my heart, mind, body, and soul. My only regret is that it took me so long to find Him.
