Ancient Egyptian Religion
By Kaylana Veness
Ancient Egyptians Animal Gods
When you see Ancient Egyptian gods they are part animal. These animal parts on the gods represent them. For example Sekhmet goddess of War has a lion head to represent shes ferocious.
Amun The God
Amun, his the most worshipped god. Why? Amun gained most of his popularity from replacing the war god Montu. He replaced Montu in the New Kingdom, King Tut was ruling near that Era. Due to the time that he took over Montu, Egypt had a big influence on the world, so he became a universal god. According to the Greeks he is equalled to their god Zeus, a powerful god.
Zeus
Zeus has been a hero since a young child, he rescued his brothers and sisters. Even though he may seem like a hero he was a angry god aswell.
Ra (Re)
Ra had the power of the sun. Ra sailed across the heavens in a boat called "Barque Of A Million Years." At the end of each day Ra was thought to die and sailed on his night voyage through the underworld.
Amun
King of gods. Amun was combined with Ra, he became more powerful. Then he was called Amun-Ra.
Ditual Ritual
The rehearsal of life. This ritual only happens in temples. Ditual ritual would happen hours before the sun rose. Ancient Egyptians participated in religious rituals so that their words would give them happy lives and an abundance of food.
In the picture above you can see a women doing the Ditual ritual around the temple.
Interesting Facts
- For Cleopatra to perform ceremonies she had to be a man, so she wore a fake beard.
- Priests and pharaohs were only allowed inside the temples. There was so much precious stuff that others may have a chance to steal it.
- Pharaohs would speak on behalf of Horous, god of Egypt.