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-mother goddess of all mother goddesses
-earliest conceptions of female god-heads -sympathetic, faithful wife who mourns the death of her husband -guarantees the fertility of all things -associated w/ magic |
Isis
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-becomes Isis' husband
-fabricated god who is syncretized w/ other gods -not a proper Egyptian god but a Greek creation |
Serapis
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-concieved when Isis sleeps with the dead body of Osiris
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Horus
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-a personification of the impression the individual makes on the world
-how you deal with other people -we associate it with the SOUL -the idea can belong to both human & god -tied to the corpse |
Ba
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-the force which secured mental activity in an individual
-something like your personality/character/disposition -shown with a pair of outstretched/raised hands -can take external form & become a twin or double |
Ka
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-person that has the feather that a victim's heart is weighed against during a judgement scene
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Maat
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-consumes the deceased during the judgement scene if their heart is heavy
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Ammut
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-the Egyptian heaven
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Pet
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-Isis' husband
-fertility god associated with vegetation |
Osiris
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-a serpent who chases Ra on his journey with all the Ba
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Apep
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-lord of procreation
-identical to Brahma |
Prajapati
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-one of Ramayana's mortal forms
-the protector, guarantess the functioning of the universe -shown as a youth dresses as an an ancient king with blueish skin -often has 4 arms and can take the guise as many different avatars |
Vishnu
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-has 3 faces, representing that he is a tri-form god
-shown with 4 arms -holds a septor/rosary/bow/begging bowl -creative impulse of the universe -sometimes born forth from a lotus flower -sometimes springs forth from the bellybutton of Vishnu |
Brahma
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-Indo-European language
-similar to Greek & Latin in some ways |
Sanskrit
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-earliest source of Hindu myth
-collection of over 1000 sacrificial hymns dedicated to the gods -not written down til 1st century BC -focuses on standard themes but also is abstract |
Rig Veda
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-the roaring god/the destroyer
-personification of destrucvtive power -shown as his guise as a dancer -sometimes he has a beneficial aspect |
Shiva
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-stylized penis
-associated with the god Shiva |
Lingam
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-conceived when Isis sleeps with the dead body of Osiris
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Horus
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-Sanskrit word for "fire"
-originally associated w/all forms of fire -important for Hindu rituals -partially associated w/ priests & sacrificial offerings -depicted as having red skin with 2 faces and 7 tongues |
Agni
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-Hindu lord of the underworld
-appears to originally have been a mortal -him & his sister/wife are the first mortals to die -often accompianied by two 4-eyed guard dogs |
Yama
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-lord of procreation
-identical to Brahma |
Prajapati
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-one of Ramayana's mortal forms
-the protector, guarantess the functioning of the universe -shown as a youth dresses as an an ancient king with blueish skin -often has 4 arms and can take the guise as many different avatars |
Vishnu
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-has 3 faces, representing that he is a tri-form god
-shown with 4 arms -holds a septor/rosary/bow/begging bowl -creative impulse of the universe -sometimes born forth from a lotus flower -sometimes springs forth from the bellybutton of Vishnu |
Brahma
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-Indo-European language
-similar to Greek & Latin in some ways |
Sanskrit
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-earliest source of Hindu myth
-collection of over 1000 sacrificial hymns dedicated to the gods -not written down til 1st century BC -focuses on standard themes but also is abstract |
Rig Veda
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-the roaring god/the destroyer
-personification of destrucvtive power -shown as his guise as a dancer -sometimes he has a beneficial aspect |
Shiva
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-stylized penis
-associated with the god Shiva |
Lingam
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-conceived when Isis sleeps with the dead body of Osiris
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Horus
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-Sanskrit word for "fire"
-originally associated w/all forms of fire -important for Hindu rituals -partially associated w/ priests & sacrificial offerings -depicted as having red skin with 2 faces and 7 tongues |
Agni
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-Hindu lord of the underworld
-appears to originally have been a mortal -him & his sister/wife are the first mortals to die -often accompianied by two 4-eyed guard dogs |
Yama
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-the consort of Shiva
-has many different forms -one in the same with Kali |
Devi
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-destroyer
-she frees you from the world |
Kali
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-one account for the creation of mankind
-based on social structure -uses mud to create man |
Nu Kua
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-literally means "sole or solitary" Inca
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Sapa Inca
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-the sun god to which the Sapa Inca is a descendent of
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Inti
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-parts of Peru & Chile
-the city began as a rural settlement around 1000BC and remained inhabited for the next 2000 years -became the center of the Inca Empire. |
Tiahuanaco
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-the land of four quarters
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Tahuantinsuyu
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-the capital of the Inca Empire
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Cuzco
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-literally means "golden enclosure"
-the temple of the sun was located here |
Corincancha
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-the language that the Inca spoke
-still exists today as a primarily oral language |
Quechua
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-the Quecha word for "knot"
-bundles of dyed and knotted skins -how the Inca recorded myths and stories |
Quipu
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-provides the creation myths of the Inca
-finished in 1557 |
Narrative of the Incas
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-Mayan divisions based primarily on language groups but also on culture types
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Quiche
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-grandfather/matchmaker
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Xpiyacoc
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-grandmother/midwife
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Xmucane
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-plays ball with the 12 lords of the underworld
-beheaded and his head in placed in a Calabash Tree |
One Hunahpu
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-the Mayan underworld
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Xibalba
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-one of the twins born from One Hunahpu & Blood Moon
-plays ball with the lords of the underworld -gets his head cut off by a bat -lords try to use his head as the ball |
Hunahpu
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-one of the twins born from One Hunahpu & Blood Moon
-carves a makeshift head for his brother from a squash |
Xbalanque
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"place of the Mexica next to the stone cactus"
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Mexico Tenochtitlan
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-patron deity of the people who migrated to Tenochtitlan
-a sun god who orders people to leave their home -The people wander for some time until they see an eagle holding a rattlesnake in its beak perched upon a cactus which was growing from a stone. |
Huitzilopochtli
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-primary city was Tula
-had a practice of human sacrifice in which the heart of the victim was offered to the sun god |
Toltecs
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-malicious & mischevious
-sometimes shown as a corrupter but can have beneficial qualities -associated with royalty & sorcerors -can predict the future -name literally means "lord of the smoking mirror" -corrupts Quetzcoatl |
Tezcatlipoca
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-asked by God to move the Canen
-obey's Yahweh even though he faced many hardships -even when he is asked to sacrifice his son |
Abraham
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-950 BC
-Yahweh or Lord |
Yahwist Tradition
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-850 BC
-Elohim |
Eohist Tradition
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-550 BC
-rules, laws, & contracts |
Priestly Tradition
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-name literally means "the Earth"
-God creates women from his rib |
Adam
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-tricked by a serpent into eating fruit from the Tree of Knowledge
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Eve
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-instructed to build an arc
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Noah
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-attributed to Enoch
-falls into a category of works called Pseudepigrapha (false writings -- texts that are attributed to a biblical person that claim to be written by this person, spread wisdom & spiritual knowledge of the individual, can provide guidance to people during a time of crisis) held as canon by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church; written during a time in which Greek culture is influencing the Jews. |
Book of Enoch
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-chief of the rebel angels
-name literally means "God has made" -teaches man many forbidden arts -sometimes is equated to Satan -teaches mankind to craft weapons and armor, how to make mirrors and jewelry, how to paint, and how to make makeup |
Azazyel
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-in charge of the world & Tartarus
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Uriel
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-in charge of the spirits of men
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Raphael
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-in charge of the "chosen ones" of the people
-the leader of the archangels |
Michael
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-in charge of the spirits who sin against the spirits
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Suryal
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-in charge of paradise, the serpents, and the Cherubim
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Gabriel
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-one member of the Iniad
-offspring of Geb & Nut -wife of Set |
Nephthys
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-Greek dynasties that ruled over Egypt
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Ptolemies
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-city of the sun
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Heliopolis
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-lion headed goddess
-personifies the destructive powers of the sun -tries to destroy us but we are saved by red beer |
Sekhmet
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-weighing the heart of the victim against the feather of Maat
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Judgement Scene
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-looks at Egyptian accounts through a Greek lens, which causes confusion
-his apprasial of Egyptian religion is also problematic -wrote De Iside et Osiride |
Plutarch
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-god that wasnt born on the proper day
-comes when he wants to and cuts his way out of his mother -plays a trick on his brother Osiris |
Set
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-river in which Set dumps his brother Osiris in a coffin into
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Nile
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-jackle head
-associated with the dead, tombs, and mummification -may have been primary God before replaced by Osiris -associated with Hermes -guards tombs/guides underworld |
Annubis
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-Ibis or Ibis head
-god of knowledge -could measure Earth & count stars -associated with the moon, letters, math, & magic |
Thoth
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-hawk head
-sometimes the king of all gods -THE sun god |
Ra
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-queen
-wife of King Malcander |
Astarte
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-king of Egypt
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Pharaoh
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-bread and basket control
-center for Inca civilization -located in highland to Tahuantinsuya |
Lake Titicaca
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-egyptian
-cow head -other side to Sekhmet -patron of women, love, & pleasure -lady of heaven -mistress in the underworld -moisture & fertility of soil |
Hathor
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-city where Queen Astarte & King Malcander lived
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Byblos
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-gods in the shape of an animal
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Theriomorphic
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-gods in the shape of an animal & a man
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Therianthropic
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-walls covered in sacred writing
-middle kingdom -also written on sides of sarcofagus |
Pyramid Texts
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-newer kingdom
-same collection of text -from "Book of Going Forth by Day" -not an actual book, written on walls or on sarcophagus |
Book of the Dead
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-Egyptain
-watery, evil state |
Nun
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-Egyptain
-"being and not being" -emerges from water -masterbates & spits on Earth to create man |
Atum
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-Egyptian
-father figure -child of Atum -Air god -twin, but married to Tefnut |
Shu
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-Egyptian
-came from Atum -Air god -mother figure -twin, but married to Shu |
Tefnut
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-Egyptain
-Earth God -child of Shu & Tefnut -sacred marriage with Nut |
Geb
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-Egyptain shy goddess
-body covered with stars -sacred marriage with Geb |
Nut
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-Egyptian
-son of Geb & Nut -sacred marriage with Nepththys -maclicious -force of evil & chaos -trickster |
Seth
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Great 9 Egyptian Gods
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Ennead
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-wanted all their traditions to take over all previous accounts
-takesover Heliopolitan & puts it into its text |
Memphis
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-creator god of Memphis
-priests put him before Atum -"gives life to gods" |
Ptah
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-25th dynasty
-tells the story of creation |
Shakaba Stone
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