DID YOU KNOW? Ammut was the Eater of Souls

In the legends and spells that concern the Book of the Dead, a goddess named Ammut waited during the "Weighing of the Human Heart" for a less than desirable outcome. At the final judgment of the human soul in Duat, Anubis oversaw the scales that determined ultimate justice. If the feather of Maat (Truth) did not balance against the heart, the hapless deceased would find the goddess Ammut--with the mouth of a crocodile, spots of a leopard, and hindparts of a hippo--waiting to devour the soul.

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DID YOU KNOW? Mut...the Alter-Ego of Sekhmet

Mut, the great consort-goddess of Amun-Ra, seems originally to have been a local mother-deity of the small town of Megen, outside Thebes.

Mut's cult was introduced at Thebes sometime before Dynasty XVIII and the goddess quickly grew in popularity, status and influence, gradually replacing the goddess Amunet...not necessarily as Amun-Ra's "wife," but as his chief complementary power.

Once identified with Sekhmet, the prestigious lioness-headed goddess of Memphis, Mut would become the most politically powerful goddess in Egypt. Her beautiful temple in the Asheru district of Thebes was an important subsidiary of Amun-Ra's "Great Temple" of Karnak. The "House of the Mistress of Asheru" boasted a sacred lake curiously similar to one belonging to Mut's associated goddess, Bastet, in the Nile Delta-region.

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~Ancient Egypt's 21 Most Important Goddesses, Fully Profiled and Examined

~A Comprehensive Survey of the Chief Goddess Cult-Centers of Ancient Egypt

~Dozens of Lavish, Original Illustrations and Photographs

~Illustrative Maps of the Goddess-Territories

~Temple Customs, Rites, and Locations Explored

~A Gallery of Other Chief Egyptian Goddesses

~Isis, Hathor, Mut, Serqet, Wadjet, Nekhbet, Tefnut, Nephthys, and many more!

~What The Ancient Goddesses Represent TODAY

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~Ancient Egypt's 21 Most Important Goddesses, Fully Profiled and Examined

~A Comprehensive Survey of the Chief Goddess Cult-Centers of Ancient Egypt

~Dozens of Lavish, Original Illustrations and Photographs

~Illustrative Maps of the Goddess-Territories

~Temple Customs, Rites, and Locations Explored

~A Gallery of Other Chief Egyptian Goddesses

~Isis, Hathor, Mut, Serqet, Wadjet, Nekhbet, Tefnut, Nephthys, and many more!

~What The Ancient Goddesses Represent TODAY

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DID YOU KNOW? Isis Couldn't Stop an Earthquake

The great goddess Isis possessed numerous sanctuaries throughout the Mediterranean world and in her native Egypt, of course, but earthquake-prevention was apparently not part of her magical repertoire. The deity's massive "Festival Temple" at Behbeit (in the Nile Delta) collapsed in a heap following an earthquake, sometime before 79 CE.

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DID YOU KNOW? Neith Was Worshipped at Esna

The creative goddess Neith actually shared with Khnum the great temple at Esna. In the Latopolite district's massive sanctuary, we learn that Neith helped Khnum create the world and then turned herself into a fish before swimming north to her primary cult-center at Sais, in the Nile delta.

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DID YOU KNOW? Hathor & Sekhmet Shared a Temple

The goddesses Hathor and Sekhmet were, in many respects, considered to be alternate forms of each other. One represented the "distant, raging" goddess, while the other represented the "pacified, festive" deity. The dualism was potent, and the two goddesses owned a temple together in the town of Imaou.

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THE INTREPID WANERER'S GUIDE TO ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GODDESSES

~Ancient Egypt's 21 Most Important Goddesses, Fully Profiled and Examined

~A Comprehensive Survey of the Chief Goddess Cult-Centers of Ancient Egypt

~Dozens of Lavish, Original Illustrations and Photographs

~Illustrative Maps of the Goddess-Territories

~Temple Customs, Rites, and Locations Explored

~A Gallery of Other Chief Egyptian Goddesses

~Isis, Hathor, Mut, Serqet, Wadjet, Nekhbet, Tefnut, Nephthys, and many more!

~What The Ancient Goddesses Represent TODAY

246 pages

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DID YOU KNOW? Taweret the Mighty

The goddess Taweret, in her hippopotamus-form, was one of Ancient Egypt's most popular goddesses. The people of the Nile recognized the protective power of the wild mother-hippo for her offspring and believed that such power could be harnessed via worship of Taweret. As a result the goddess was beloved by human mothers, invoked against the dangers of childbirth and household crisis.

This goddess was not only revered in the home; Taweret owned a cult-temple from at least Dynasty XXIII in the Fayyum Region (Wilbour Papyrus) and, as "Opet," she was an important Osirian goddess in her little temple near the 'House of Khonsu' at Karnak.

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The Intrepid Wanderer's Guide To Ancient Egyptian Goddesses

~Ancient Egypt's 21 Most Important Goddesses, Fully Profiled and Examined

~A Comprehensive Survey of the Chief Goddess Cult-Centers of Ancient Egypt

~Dozens of Lavish, Original Illustrations and Photographs

~Illustrative Maps of the Goddess-Territories

~Temple Customs, Rites, and Locations Explored

~A Gallery of Other Chief Egyptian Goddesses

~Isis, Hathor, Mut, Serqet, Wadjet, Nekhbet, Tefnut, Nephthys, and many more!

~What The Ancient Goddesses Represent TODAY

246 pages

$16.95

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