-
(#12) Ancient Egyptians Worshipped Scarabs In Part Because They Rolled Dung
Ancient Egyptians worshipped scarabs, also known as dung beetles. The Egyptians saw scarabs rolling balls of dung along the ground until each insect with its orb disappeared into a hole. To the Egyptians, it was similar to the sun, which vanished at the end of every day.
The Egyptians used the scarab as another symbol for a sun god, depicting Khepri as a man with a giant scarab for a head. He rolled the sun across the sky each day.
-
(#9) Pregnant Women Prayed To The Demon Hippo Goddess Taweret
Egyptians had a love/hate relationship with the goddess Taweret. Some said she was the demon wife of the serpent god Apep. She was often depicted as a crocodile or hippo, fearsome animals to ancient Egyptians.
Taweret was also the patron goddess of pregnant women. Egyptian women bought pitchers shaped like Taweret, which featured a hole at the goddess's nipple to pour milk. Apparently, women believed the vessels conferred the fierce goddess's protection to anyone who consumed their contents.
-
(#1) Isis Had Intimate Relations With Her Late Brother
Osiris and Isis were brother and sister, but also husband and wife. They ruled Egypt together until their brother Set slayed Osiris and took his place. Isis refused to believe her husband was gone, searching all of Egypt for his body. After finding Osiris, Isis resurrected him so they could be intimate and conceive a child.
Set ruined this plan by ripping Osiris into 42 pieces and spreading the fragments across Egypt. In despair, Isis traveled with her sister Nephthys to reconstruct Osiris. They only managed to find 41 pieces, as a fish had eaten Osiris's member.
Never one to give up, Isis created a new organ for her reconstructed husband and revived him for long enough to get her pregnant. Osiris then went to rule the underworld, and their son Horus became Egypt's new ruler.
-
(#8) Only Fake Blood Stopped Hathor From Ending All Human Life
Ra, the sun god, had quite a temper. During one of his rages, he ordered his daughter Hathor to slaughter all the humans she could find. The goddess quickly carried out the command, offing so many people that she was wading in blood. Seeing the destruction, Ra had a change of heart and decided to save the rest of humanity.
To stop Hathor, Ra filled 7,000 jars with beer, disguising the liquid as human blood. Fooled by the beer, Hathor guzzled it down. The goddess became so drunk that she gave up her mission and spared humanity.
Ancient Egyptians celebrated Hathor's mercy by making annual beer offerings.
-
(#14) The Sweaty Sun God Ra Gave Egyptians Perfume
Ra, the Egyptian sun god, was born from a giant body of water at the beginning of the world. Ra first appeared as an egg floating on the water's surface, and then he created the heavens and earth.
In ancient Egypt, many thought perfumes were Ra's sweat, and Egyptians couldn't wait to douse themselves with the god's perspiration. The ancient Egyptians wore oil-based perfume, which often contained water lilies from the Nile.
The Egyptians also had a separate god of perfume, Nefertum.
-
(#5) Egyptians Worshipped Bastet With Mummified Cats
The goddess associated with cats, Bastet, had a dark side. She was known as the "lady of dread" and the "lady of slaughter" - Bastet lived up to both names. For instance, she cut off Apophis's head by hiding a knife in her paw.
Over time, ancient Egyptians began to associate Bastet with domesticity and the home, earning her more positive connotations. They worshipped Bastet by bringing mummified cats to her temple. In the 1880s, archaeologists excavated her temple and uncovered more than 300,000 mummified cats.
New Random Displays Display All By Ranking
About This Tool
The spread of ancient Egyptian myths and legends is determined by the unique natural geographical and humanistic environment of ancient Egypt. The vast land of ancient Egypt was mostly desert. Relying on the Nile Valley, the ancient Egyptians created the earliest human civilization in the world. Myths were an important part of the ancient Egyptian religion n centered on the pharaoh. By depicting many gods, the ancient Egyptians were able to better understand the entire world at that time.
As the Pharaoh is the living God for every Egyptian. They believed that a religious mythology system could serve the purpose of maintaining order and ensuring national loyalty. The main god is the Ra. The random tool shares the 14 creepy myths and legends from Ancient Egypt.
Our data comes from Ranker, If you want to participate in the ranking of items displayed on this page, please click here.