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Thoth - God of Wisdom, Time, nghề viết văn and the Moon, head of an ibis

Thoth invented hieroglyphs, the picture nghề viết văn of Ancient Egypt. He was the measurer of the earth and the counter of the stars, the keeper and recorder of all knowledge. The loại hạc ở ven hồ, ibis is a bird rather like a stork, with long legs and a long beak which it uses for prodding in the mud to find small fish. It was a symbol of wisdom and learning because it has a beak shaped like a pen which it dips in the mud, as if it was ink.

The Book of Thoth had two spells in it. If bạn read the first spell aloud, bạn would be able to understand every...
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Horus - Son of Osiris, a hawk, hoặc a man with a hawk's head crowned with the crown of all Egypt

Horus is shown as a hawk, hoặc a man with a hawk's head and the crown of all Egypt. This makes him look similar to Ra, but Ra is crowned with the sun disk. Horus' crown is made of two parts. The white part is the crown of Upper Egypt (in the south) and the red part is the crown of Lower Egypt (including the Nile delta). Together they hiển thị that Horus ruled all Egypt. During their reign, Pharoahs identified themselves with Horus. After they died, they became Osiris.

When Horus was a baby, his father Osiris...
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Seth - God of the desert, storm and violence, animal head with long curved pointed snout

Seth (or Set) is shown with an animal's head with a long curved pointed snout, slanting eyes, and square-tipped ears. Sometimes he has a forked tail. No-one seems to know what the animal is. Aardvark, antelope, ass, camel, fennec, giraffe, greyhound, jackal, jerboa, long-snouted mouse, okapi, oryx and pig have all been suggested! Seth was the God of the desert, storm and violence, which are all enemies of the fertile, properous, narrow valley of the Nile.

Seth carries a sceptre, which has his head on top...
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Ma'at - Goddess of Justice, ostrich feather in her hair

Ma'at was the goddess of truth, justice and harmony. She was the wife of Thoth, the god of wisdom, since bạn need wisdom to find truth and justice. Both Ma'at and Thoth helped at the Weighing of the Heart.

The feather of Ma'at was an ostrich plume. She wore it on her head. The chief judge in charge of the Egyptian law courts was known as the "priest of Ma'at". He began court hearings bởi wearing the feather of Ma'at. The judge gave the feather to the person who won his case in the law courts.

The pharaoh had to promise that he would follow Ma'at. This means that he would be a just pharaoh, and keep order in Egypt.
Do bạn like the switching points of view in The Red Pyramid? I do. If not, which view do bạn like better? At some points I like Carter's more, and at other points I like Sadie's more. I really think that the switching of các lượt xem was a good idea because at that time Sadie may be trying to sleep hoặc may be unconius. hoặc Carter was waiting for Sadie and Anubis's talk to end while they were at a funeral in a parallel universe. (Yes these are examples of the book.) If bạn couldn't have Sadie's point of view and Carter's point of view switch off, who would bạn rather it be? I would do Bast and Zia. Bast...
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Ra - Sun God, King of the Gods a chim ưng crowned with a sun disk hoặc a man with a falcon's head

Ra was the God of the Sun. He sailed across the heavens in a thuyền called the 'Barque of Millions of Years'. At the end of each ngày Ra was thought to die and sailed on his night voyage through the Underworld, leaving the Moon to light the world above. The thuyền would sail through the twelve doors, representing the twelve hours of night time. The tiếp theo dawn, he was born again.

It was not always smooth sailing. During the ngày Ra had to fight his chief enemy, a snake called Apep. He was helped bởi the other...
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Isis - Queen of Goddess with a ngôi vua, ngai vàng hoặc sun disk and horns on her head

Isis was the great mother-goddess. Her son was Horus, the enemy of Seth. Sometimes she has the baby Horus on her lap. Sometimes she has a ngôi vua, ngai vàng on her head, as she is Queen of the goddesses. Sometimes she has a sun disk and horns, like Hathor.

Isis was also a great healer and magician. She got her magic powers bởi tricking Ra.

The war between Horus and his enemy Seth had lasted a long time. Isis decided to help her son Horus. She met Seth, and asked for his help. She described someone killing a man and taking all he had away from the man's son. Seth đã đưa ý kiến that killer should pay for his crimes. Isis đã đưa ý kiến that Seth himself was the killer, and he had condemned himself. The other gods agreed, and Seth was driven out into the Sahara Desert.