Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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The myth of Wadjet: the cobra-goddess of ancient Egypt, the fierce serpent-goddess and patron of Lower Egypt, the protector of the pharaoh whose image
The myth of Nekhbet: the vulture-goddess of ancient Egypt, the protective patron of Upper Egypt and the pharaoh, who spread her great wings over the king
The myth of Wepwawet: the wolf-headed Egyptian god whose name means "Opener of the Ways," the divine scout and guide who opened the paths for the army in
The myth of Min: the ancient Egyptian god of fertility, virility, the harvest and male sexual potency, one of the oldest gods of Egypt, the ithyphallic
The myth of Montu: the falcon-headed Egyptian god of war, the fierce warrior-god of Thebes, bringer of victory and embodiment of the conquering might of
The myth of Aten: the Egyptian god of the sun-disc, the visible disc of the sun elevated by the pharaoh Akhenaten into the single sole god of Egypt in
The myth of Heka: the Egyptian god and personification of magic itself, the divine power of magic and medicine that underlay all of creation, older than
The myth of Khepri: the scarab-headed Egyptian god of the rising sun, creation and rebirth, the dawn form of the sun-god who rolled the sun up over the
The myth of Sobek: the crocodile-god of ancient Egypt, the powerful and fearsome deity of the Nile, crocodiles, military might, fertility and protection,
The myth of Khnum: the ram-headed Egyptian god of the Nile's source, creation and the potter's wheel, the divine craftsman who fashioned each human being
