Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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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
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
