SOURCE4 Some ancient Egyptian Gods
Anubis
Osiris
Horus
Hathor
Thoth
TABLE3.1 Egyptian gods and their responsibilities Nameof god Responsibility
Associated animal/symbol
Amun-Ra
God of creation; sun god and king of gods
The sun
Osiris
God of the dead; afterlife judge God of confusion and chaos
Pharaoh mummy Hippopotamus
Seth
Isis
Mother goddess; goddess of fertility; Osiris’s wife
Woman with throne crown
Horus Hathor
God of the sky; guardian of the pharaoh
Falcon
Goddess of beauty, love, sky, fertility, music, dance and alcohol God of scribes, wisdom, knowledge and time God of embalming; god of tombs and burials
Woman with cow horns
Thoth Anubis
Man with ibis head Man with jackal head
SOURCE5 Ancient Greek historian Herodotus observed how important cats were to the ancient Egyptians. They were thought to protect people’s homes. It is no wonder they were chosen as one of the animals to be associated with a god.
What happens when a house catches ýre is most extraordinary: nobody takes the least trouble to put it out, for it is only the cats that matter; everyone stands in a row, a little distance from his neighbour, trying to protect the cats, who nevertheless slip through the line, or jump over it, and hurl themselves into the þames. This causes the Egyptians deep distress. All the inmates of a house where a cat has died a natural death shave their eyebrows . . .
3.5.3 Dead mummies do tell tales! The art and hieroglyphs on ancient Egyptian tomb walls, along with their mummies, provide historians with insights into their way of life. The following sources reveal some of the signiýcant practices associated with death and funerary.
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