Eleven

This is for A Keller

Horus and Bast

Horus: Horus is the Egyptian god of war, the sky, and hunting. He was worshipped because he was the son god, the ruler and law. Also, after his father (Osiris) was killed by his uncle, he avenged him. Horus' family includes his mom and father (Isis and Osiris), his uncle (Set), and his wife (Hathor). In the story's, he has many names, like Heru, Hor, Herendotes, Haroeris, Horus Behudety, Ra Harakhte, and Harmakhat. The list go's on longer, but i'll stop there. He has as many symbols as he does names. They are the hawk, falcon, bull, double crown, winged disk, udjat (eye of Horus), sphinx, weapons, iron, and blacksmiths. Horus has three different forms. They are a winged sun disk,a falcon, and a falcon headed man.

Bast: Bast was the goddess of protection, pleasure, fertility, music,dance.... and CATS! Her dad was Ra, and her son was Nefurten. She has four names, (Bast), Bastet, Bashthet, Pasht. She has many symbols, like cats, the rising sun, the utchat(all seeing eye), the rising sun, pottery jars(to hold perfume), parades, floats, custanes and rattles(music), beer, and dance. She was worshipped because she protected homes from thieves, and healed ailments. She also brought fertility to crops, protected Ra, and killed Apophis. Her forms are a slender woman with a domestic cat's head, and a domestic cat.



//**__This is for R Feng__**//


 * Bes** was the egyptian dwarf god. He was also the god of war and childbirth. He was originally known as Aha, meaning fighter because he could wrestle lions and other animals with his bare hands. He was also known as Bisu. His symbols were lions, knives, bells, and drums. He was described as a bearded god with short legs, lion's tail, his tongue sticking out, and shaking his rattle. He usually wears a lion or panther's skin and a crown. He ocasionally wears an Atef crown and is described as a winged deity. Bes was also described with feline or leonine features like a tail, so it is thought that he originally wasn't a dwarf but he was a cat or lion on it's legs. This might mean that his name came from the Nubian word for cat, besa. He was always described facing forward. At first, he protected pharaohs, then he protected women and children. He was called a demon, but he wasn't evil. He was a supporter of Ra and protected him. Often it is said that he protected young Horus when he was growing up. That was how he got the title of the god of childbirth. Even though he had no temples or priests that was dedicated to him, he was still very popular. He was often showed on household items and also on magical wands and swords. He was associated with humor, music, dancing, and ..... sexuality. Ew. It was said that he could chase away any evil spirits lurking around by dancing, shouting, and shaking his rattle. Many egyptians placed statues of Bes outside of their houses for protection. No one knows Bes's family. Until greek times, he was considered the wife of Taweret. It was often suggested that Bes wasn't originally an egyptian god and came from Africa during the middle kingdom.


 * Aten's** other name is Aton. His original hame was "//The Rahorus who rejoices in the horizon, in his/her Name of Light which is seen in the sun disk."// Later, this name got shortened to Ra-Horus-Aten. He was originally an aspect of Ra. His symbols were the sun disk and the heat and light of the sun. He represented the god or spirit of the sun and the actual sun disk. He has no physical image, but he's a sun disk with rays reaching to Earth. A theory is that he isn't a disk but a orb or a globe. It is also assumed that there is a possibility that the orb or sphere shape shows the Eye of Ra or Horus. At the end of the rays are human-like hands which sometimes extended an ankh to the pharaoh. His origins are unclear, but maybe he was first worshiped in small villages. Later, he was worshiped in a city called Akhetaten. He is sometimes called the creator of man and the spirit of the world. Worship of Aten was called atenism.

__freeman,j this is my page __ BABI is my first god that I will talk about. Babi is his only name you only spell it this way. He is the god of baboons {the monkeys}. The shape that he takes is the baboon of course. He is the brother of Hapi. Something interesting is that his enemy is Satan. Something else that is interesting is that babi and the other baboons worshiped the sun god. HAPI is the second god I am going to talk about.HAPI has alot of different names like hep, hop, neilos, and nilus. He is the god of the nile. The shape he takes is the shape of the average human, the baboon, a lotus, and water. Something interesting about him is that he is enemies with Ra the sun god. He had two wives Nehkbet and Buto. He also is the brother of Babi. **THE END.**