Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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The myth of Khonsu: the Egyptian god of the moon, time and healing, the youthful moon-god who measured the months and the passage of time, the divine son
The myth of Neith: one of the most ancient and powerful goddesses of Egypt, goddess of war, hunting, weaving and creation, a primordial self-created
The myth of Bes: the beloved dwarf-god of ancient Egypt, the grotesque, lion-faced protector of households, mothers, children and childbirth, who drove
The myth of Taweret: the hippopotamus-goddess of ancient Egypt, the fierce and protective goddess of childbirth, fertility and mothers, who guarded
The myth of Hathor: the Egyptian goddess of love, beauty, music, joy, motherhood and the sky, one of the most beloved ancient deities, the cow-goddess who
The myth of Sekhmet: the lioness-headed Egyptian goddess of war, destruction, plague and healing, the fierce and bloodthirsty Eye of Ra who nearly
The myth of Bastet: the cat-goddess of ancient Egypt, goddess of home, fertility, women, childbirth and joy, the protective hearth-guardian who began as a
The myth of Ptah: the Egyptian god of creation, craftsmen and architects, the great creator-god of Memphis who brought the world into being through his
The myth of Amun: the great hidden god of ancient Egypt, the "Hidden One," a creator-god of the air and the unseen who rose from a local god of Thebes to
The myth of Mut: the great mother-goddess and queen of the gods of ancient Egypt, the divine wife of Amun and mother of the moon-god Khonsu, forming the
