Horus

The Egyptian people not only believed that there were multiple gods, such as Re, Amun, Ptah, and others, but that their pharaoh was the manifestation of the god Horus himself, and hence was the people’s own living god on earth. This immense power that the pharaoh had to ensure prosperity and fertility by translating divine order and justice into laws, was greatly supported by the Egyptians. Although the Chinese…

wife, Akemi Ota. Miyazaki worked his way up in the ranks of the studio and ended up being in the key animation department and the writing department. Here Miyazaki worked on the animated film Taiyo no Oji Horusu no Daiboken (The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun) with his partner and friend, Isao Takahata. This was Takahata’s directorial debut and was a landmark in anime history because of its socialist themes and its ingenious animation techniques. In the end, Miyazaki and Takahata…

afterlife. The most likely way the followers received visions, was due to psychedelics. Another Goddess of fertility was Isis, she was originally an Egyptian Goddess. As a Mother Goddess, Isis is represented as a loving, and protective mother of her son Horus. To be in the Cult of Isis, a follower should be a good person, and they will be judged on their life to get…

The article titled “SEMEN INGESTION AND ORAL SEX IN ANCIENT EGYTIAN TEXTS” by Marc Orriols- Llonch explores the sexual practices in ancient Egypt, and discussed potential meanings of the Egyptian writings. The article talks about the possibility that the passages may have many different meanings, including Oral sex from a female, Oral sex from a male which is quickly dismissed due to the lack of acceptance at the time, and that ancient Egyptians gods were able to reproduce from oral ingestions .…

they die out of respect. Art The Egyptians were successful because they made amazing art. For example,they had statues of Anubis. Anubis was so special to the people because he was the god of the afterlife. Another example of art that they had was Horus,the god of the sky. Another egyptian god was Isis the goddess of life. They praised these and a lot more gods in their time. Inventions…

We all know the famous tale of Cinderella, but what many of us don’t know is that there are more than just one story, as a matter of fact there are hundreds of cinderella stories from all around the world. Today I am going to compare the world famous Disney story to the not so popular Rhodopis the egyptian cinderella. In the famous Disney story, the main character Cinderella was a orphan due to her mother dying and her father moving away leaving poor Cinderella with a evil step-mother to “take…

In ancient Egyptian times, religion was based around multiple deities who often took up animal forms. Egyptian Gods such as Horus, who was portrayed with a hawk head, Thoth who was represented by a baboon, and the goddess Bastet who was represented by a cat. Ancient Egyptians believed “animals were both physical and spiritual beings that possessed a soul.” (Powell 48) The mummification of these animals was a very common practice in those times and played a major role in the spiritual life of…

Have you ever imagined what Egypt was like thousands of years ago? Or how it’s like today in the modern world? Egypt is a country that is full of history, culture, and geography. All of these factors have had an impact on society today. Egypt is a very historic place. Pharaohs were very important back in ancient times. They were the rulers, or kings, of Egypt. There were 225 known pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Saqqare, a pharaoh of Egypt about 4,700 years ago, built the first pyramid. That…

author Gay Robins had a different opinion about the role of the hawk in figure 5. For him, the representation of the falcon was a religious statement instead of an acknowledgment of nature. For Robinson, the artists carved the hawk to symbolize the god Horus and to remind the citizens of Egypt that the king was an image of God on Earth . However, even when both authors had a contrasting opinion on the role of the animal in that particular piece, one can still support the opinion that animals…

Most of us look at someone directly in the eye when talking.The Eye of Horus was seen in ancient times in Ancient Egypt. It has also been called the Eye of Ra and Wadjet. "This symbol was a very protective one, often used to ward off evil or what was known as the evil eye". The Hamsa is a symbol that has been used by various…