Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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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
The myth of Ma'at: the Egyptian goddess and personification of truth, justice, balance, order and cosmic harmony, the fundamental principle on which the
The myth of Nephthys: the Egyptian goddess of death, mourning, night and the protection of the dead, sister of Isis and Osiris, wife of Set, who despite
The myth of Anubis: the jackal-headed Egyptian god of embalming, mummification and the dead, guardian of the tombs, inventor of embalming who made Osiris
The myth of Thoth: the ibis-headed Egyptian god of wisdom, writing, magic, the moon and knowledge, the divine scribe who invented writing, recorded the
The myth of Geb: the Egyptian god of the earth whose body was the land itself, husband of the sky-goddess Nut and father of Osiris, Isis, Set and
The myth of Nut: the Egyptian goddess of the sky whose star-spangled body arched over the world as the vault of heaven, who swallowed the sun each evening
