egypt religion

 The created god in Egypt in the old kingdom is called PTAH

 Ptah created the universe conceived in his mind, and simply spoke the world and the universe appeared.

 Ptah was embodied in everything in the universe

 They thought that Egypt belonged in the universe cosmic

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 Heliopolis= was a city north of Lower Egypt

 The sun god had different forms and names based on it’s function

 When the sun god was in human form was worshipped as ATUM.

 When he was known as Re he was identified as Horus

 In the new kingdom Re became associated with Amon.

 Re= another name of sun god when he had a human body and a falcon head. (human form)

 Khepra= when sun god was in form of a scaraab or beetle.

 They had sun gods & land gods

 Deity= means god.

 Amon was an air god of the city of Thebes.

 The sun god was a source of life and was there for worthy of worship

 The Egyptians even developed a sun cult at Heliopolis.

 When associated with Amon he was known as Amon-Re

 The pharaoh took the title as sun of Re since he was regarded as the “Earthy Embodiement of Re”

 The river & land god included 2: Osiris & Isis

 Osiris & Isis had a child named Horus-- was related to Nile and Land

. #61623; Because Pharaoh was devined and was responsible for maintaining stability within the universe

 Egyptians were polytheistic

 They were gods in Ancient Egypt that were responsible for natural forces in nature and the heavenly bodies.

 Because the Egyptian believed that the sun like the scaraab beetle came forward out of it’s own source.

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