Ancient Egyptian religion is based on the worship of nature
Ancient Egyptian religion is based on the worship of nature, they believe that some animals are the image of God.
Ancient Egyptian religion is based on the worship of nature. Unspoken natural phenomena are believed to have been caused by the divine. The power of God is manifested in various forms. Humans are just a part of creation, and both wild and domesticated animals may be divinely shaped. Even if these animals were humanized in human form, their heads often retained their original animal shape. (As the right picture)
?The Greek historian Herodotus (5th century AD) describes the Sobek animal, the crocodile’s worshiped case: “In some parts of Egypt, the crocodile is a kind of animal, and the center of crocodile worship is Fayence (Fayum), where they raise a crocodile in a pond and tame it, and then wears jewelry for them. Of course the god crocodile eats very well and takes care of the divine law. Buried in the coffin. ”
Buster is a goddess, in the form of a cat or lion (on a ferocious side). Cats are generally loved and are pets of every household. Cats were also made after the mummy, burial in accordance with the ceremony. The bronze statue of a cat is the most common sacrifice dedicated to the god of Bast.
Eagle in ancient Egyptian culture has a special status. The eagles fly high in the sky and are closer to the sun than all, so the eagles become avatars of Re. The sun with hawk wings became the most common symbol of ancient Egypt. Needless to say, the eagles are often made into mummies (pictured above) and are heavily buried under the ceremony.
Anubis, the god of mums, originated from the wolf cult. Later, the dog was also accepted as an avatar of Anubis. The mummy became a sacrifice dedicated to Anubis.
Bulls worship is also very popular, the most famous is the sacred cow of Apis in Memphis. Apsaras sacred cow’s body has a special pattern, is the symbol of Ptah (Ptah). When the original sacred cow of Apsis passed away, a young bull born at the time with the same pattern on his body was chosen as the sacred cow of Apsis. The inauguration and funeral of the New Sacramento are a national event.
The main deities in the religion of the ancient Egyptians were nine
“Ra is the god of the sun and the earth’s firmament;
– Shu is the god of air;
– Tefnut – goddess of rain and water;
– Geb – the god of the earth;
– Nut – goddess of the sky;
– Osiris – the god of the other world and the patron of the kings;
– Isis – the goddess of love and motherhood;
– Set is the god of sandstorms, rage, war and death;
– Nephthys is the goddess of death, healing, creativity and sexuality ; patroness of the dead in the afterlife.
. Exactly pure gods, which were worshiped by the subjects of the pharaohs, has not yet been established – for example, in one of the international treaties signed by Pharaoh Ramses the second, more than a thousand gods and goddesses were mentioned. Value system
A value system (see also our devil and ethics article) is equally important to both ancient and modern Egyptians. In fact, many values in our modern society have been shown in the Egyptian system. Perhaps the difference may be the exact correlation that ancient Egyptians gave their own system of values. Of course, the value system has both secular and religious aspects. On the religious side, then, one of the many religions of today, after death, will be judged on his or her pre-exisiting activity, to decide whether it is a cursed or blessed member.
However, the value system is also important to social order, and just as today the criminal system can be used to punish certain criminals who have committed certain crimes in their lives.
Somewhat different is Ma’at , a concept of the concept of personification of truth, balance and order. Individuals can violate Ma’at or even the entire country by their own actions. The ancient Egyptians believed that failure to maintain Ma’at as a nation could lead to God’s intervention, and finally the God of Egypt would only have the consequence of floods , famines, enemy invasions and even total chaos in the entire country.
The concept of a country Ma’at is not our absence. Many in religion have always believed that the fate of a nation is determined by their good deeds and beliefs loyal to God. There are several examples in the Bible about the wrath of God over the lack of international values.
We know that the ancient Egyptian system of values was embodied in ancient wisdom, wall sculpting, especially autobiography, and various religious roots.
