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| − | The Egyptian god of the moon and wisdom, Thoth is the patron | + | The Egyptian god of the moon and wisdom, Thoth is the patron deity of scribes and of knowledge, including scientific, medical and mathematical writing, and is said to have given mankind the art of hieroglyphic writing. He is important as a mediator and counsellor amongst the gods and is the scribe of the Heliopolis Ennead pantheon. According to mythology, he was born from the head of the god Seth. He may be depicted in human form with the head of an ibis, wholly as an ibis, or as a seated baboon sometimes with its torso covered in feathers. His attributes include a crown which consists of a crescent moon surmounted by a moon disc. |
| − | deity of scribes and of knowledge, including scientific, | + | Thoth is generally regarded as a benign deity. He is also scrupulously fair and is responsible not only for entering in the record the souls who pass to afterlife, but of adjudicating in the Hall of the Two Truths. The Pyramid Texts reveal a violent side of his nature by which he decapitates the adversaries of truth and wrenches out their hearts. |
| − | medical and mathematical writing, and is said to have given | ||
| − | mankind the art of hieroglyphic writing. He is important as | ||
| − | a mediator and counsellor amongst the gods and is the scribe | ||
| − | of the Heliopolis Ennead pantheon. According to mythology, | ||
| − | he was born from the head of the god Seth. He may be | ||
| − | depicted in human form with the head of an ibis, wholly as an | ||
| − | ibis, or as a seated baboon sometimes with its torso covered | ||
| − | in feathers. His attributes include a crown which consists | ||
| − | of a crescent moon surmounted by a moon disc. | ||
| − | Thoth is generally regarded as a benign deity. He is also | ||
| − | scrupulously fair and is responsible not only for entering | ||
| − | in the record the souls who pass to afterlife, but of | ||
| − | adjudicating in the Hall of the Two Truths. The Pyramid | ||
| − | Texts reveal a violent side of his nature by which he | ||
| − | decapitates the adversaries of truth and wrenches out their | ||
| − | hearts. | ||
|[ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ] | |[ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ] | ||
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Thoth is the neutral god of the Wizard pantheon.
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The Egyptian god of the moon and wisdom, Thoth is the patron deity of scribes and of knowledge, including scientific, medical and mathematical writing, and is said to have given mankind the art of hieroglyphic writing. He is important as a mediator and counsellor amongst the gods and is the scribe of the Heliopolis Ennead pantheon. According to mythology, he was born from the head of the god Seth. He may be depicted in human form with the head of an ibis, wholly as an ibis, or as a seated baboon sometimes with its torso covered in feathers. His attributes include a crown which consists of a crescent moon surmounted by a moon disc.
Thoth is generally regarded as a benign deity. He is also scrupulously fair and is responsible not only for entering in the record the souls who pass to afterlife, but of adjudicating in the Hall of the Two Truths. The Pyramid Texts reveal a violent side of his nature by which he decapitates the adversaries of truth and wrenches out their hearts.
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