Family Ties and Royal Births

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Ramesside calendars of lucky and unlucky dates

Isis harpooning Horus and Seth as hippos

Thoth

Scribe god

Neith

Great Mother, goddess of war and hunting, symbol two crossed arrows over a shield

Re-Horakhty

Great Universal Lord, wants Seth to be king

Nemty

Ferryman of the island where they continue the trial between Seth and Horus without Isis

Nemty’s curse on gold

Bribed by Isis with a gold signet ring, his toes were cut off so he cursed gold, gold now taboo in his city Djufyet

Eyes of Horus

Buried in a mountain to illuminate the earth, grew into 2 bulbs then lotuses

How Hathor healed Horus’ eyes

Milked a gazelle and put the milk in his eyes

Lettuce note

Sacred plant of ithyphallic Min of Coptos because of its whitish liquid

“Bull of his mother”

Husband becomes son: wife bears Pharaoh’s son but it’s actually Bata

Bad omens for Anubis

Beer producing froth, wine turning bad

Anubis’ heart

At the top of a cedar tree

Theme of Blinding of Truth by Falsehood

Sibling rivalry like Horus and Seth

Falsehood’s fake thing

Dagger

Truth’s son’s “fake” thing

Exquisite ox

Amenkhenemet Hatshepsut

Joined with Amun, Foremost of Noble Ladies

Amun-Re

Syncretism of the older gods Amun and Re

Emphasis of Divine Birth of Queen Hatshepsut

Physical relationship of the mother-to-be and the god, mother becomes earthly equivalent of Nut

Tangled feet

Visual cue for sexual contact

Purpose of Sargon’s Birth Legend

Present Sargon as an offspring of a high priestess thus noble by birth (usurper)

The Theme of the Child Exposed at Birth

Explanation of abandonment, infant of noble birth, preparations for and exposure, infant protected in an unusual manner, discovery and adoption, accomplihsments of hero