tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33316499038307809992024-03-07T21:05:02.698-08:00Ancient Gods and GoddessesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3331649903830780999.post-19080532023004114452010-11-10T10:52:00.000-08:002010-11-10T10:52:03.149-08:00Gods and goddesses of EgyptGods and godesses of Egypt were often represented as animals or other forces of nature.Here you can find list of gods and goddesses of egypt and the shape in which they were represented centuries ago.The information shown below is drawn from areceological foundings in Ancient Egypt.You can click the particular deity you are interested in to read article on wikipedia about Gods and goddesses of Egypt.<br />
<ul><li><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra" title="Ra">Ra</a> is the eagle god of the sun and,he has a falcon head.</li>
<li><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis" title="Anubis">Anubis</a> is the god of mummification</li>
<li><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bast" title="Bast">Bast</a> is the Cat goddess.</li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sehkmet" title="Sehkmet">Sehkmet</a> goddess of fire, war and plague</li>
<li>Serqet is the goddess of scorpions</li>
<li><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nut_%28goddess%29" title="Nut (goddess)">Nut</a> is the goddess of sky and stars, mother of gods.</li>
<li><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geb" title="Geb">Geb</a> is the green god of Earth, and vegetation.</li>
<li><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horus" title="Horus">Horus</a> is the god with falcon's head, god of pharaohs and sky.</li>
<li><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris" title="Osiris">Osiris</a> is the god of the afterlife.</li>
<li><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis" title="Isis">Isis</a> is the goddess of magic and healing, wife of Osiris.</li>
<li><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth" title="Seth">Seth</a> is the god of deserts and evil.</li>
<li><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoth" title="Thoth">Thoth</a> is the scribe god and the god of forethought, writing, and wisdom.</li>
<li><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%27at" title="Ma'at">Ma'at</a> is the goddess of truth.</li>
<li><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun" title="Amun">Amun</a> is the god of Thebes, king of gods in New Kingdom.</li>
<li><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadjet" title="Wadjet">Wadjet</a> is the goddess of pregnancy and motherhood, goddess in snake form.</li>
<li><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuket" title="Anuket">Anuket</a> is the goddess of river Nile.</li>
<li><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hathor" title="Hathor">Hathor</a> is the goddess of the moon and children.</li>
<li><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptah" title="Ptah">Ptah</a> is the creator god</li>
<li><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bes" title="Bes">Bes</a> is the dwarf god of safe journey</li>
<li><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek">Sobek</a> is the god of crocodiles.</li>
<li><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aten" title="Aten">Aten</a> is the "king" of the gods</li>
</ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3331649903830780999.post-50682900219061122892010-11-10T06:39:00.000-08:002010-11-10T06:39:01.373-08:00Ancient egyptian gods and goddesses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr190/pitgirl70/Satanic%20stuff/Anubis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr190/pitgirl70/Satanic%20stuff/Anubis.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Ancient egyptian gods and goddesses worshiping is dating in ancient times of pre-dynastic Egypt.Tribes that later formed Egypt that we know today gave each of their ancient egyptian gods an animal shape.Following the timeline,animal shape of ancient egyptian gods and godesses is taking human form so gods like Anubis(left picture) shows this trasition best because of his half-human form.Some ancient egyptian gods were born from the myths or stories,this myths came from natural disasters that happend in Egypt so Egyptian people needed an explanation for what was happening,the conclusion was that they made gods angy with their sins so Gods are returning it to them by flooding or by some other disaster.People of Egypt had strong belif in afterlife,often they buried family members with tools,jewlery,food,drink,weapons and other things that the dead could use in their afterlife.Some artifacts were found as proof of that but most were stolen by tomb thiefs later.Ancient egyptian gods and godesses were probably mostly worshiped because of people's fear about gods rage and natural disasters.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3331649903830780999.post-25732780677553194122010-06-25T03:03:00.000-07:002010-11-10T05:09:38.449-08:00Sumerian Gods and GoddessesThe Sumerans belived that Gods controll the earth and sky,they respresented them as beings with good intentions.Altought Sumerans belived that their Gods had good intetions they also belived that when man commited sin,their Gods got angry and punished people for sins by letting out demons who then punished people with diseases and envirmonetal disasters.They also belived that demon God lived in Gulf of Persia and punished them for sin,because of fequent floods on their land.List of Sumerian Gods<br /><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ama -Arhus:</span>Fertility Goddess</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">An</span>: God of heaven/the firmament.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ashnan:</span>Grain Goddess</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Damkina:</span>Earth Mother<br /></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Enlil</span>: God of the air (from Lil = Air); patron deity of Nippur.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Enki</span>: God of freshwater, male fertility, and knowledge; patron deity of Eridu.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ereshkigal: </span>Sky Goddess</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gula: </span>Goddess of Health<br /></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Inanna</span>: Goddess of sexual love, female fertility and warfare; patron deity of Uruk</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ki</span>: Goddess of the earth.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nanna</span>, God of the moon; one of the patron deities of Ur.</li><li style="font-weight: bold;">Nammu:<span style="font-weight: normal;">Goddess of Creation</span></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nanshe:</span>Goddess of justice and prophecy</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nidaba:</span>Goddess of knowlege</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ningal</span>: Wife of Nanna.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ninhursag:</span>Goddess of Birth</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ninkasi:</span>Goddess of alcohol<br /></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ninlil</span>: An air goddess and wife of Enlil; one of the patron deities of Nippur; she was believed to reside in the same temple as Enlil.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ninurta</span>: God of war, agriculture, one of the Sumerian wind gods; patron deity of Girsu and one of the patron deities of Lagash</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Utu</span>: God of the sun at the E'barbara temple of Sippar.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sarpanit:</span> A mother goddess<br /></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sirtir: </span>Goddess of sheep.</li></ul>Reference:<a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer">Wikipedia</a><br /><ul></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3331649903830780999.post-54062259209712350992010-06-22T15:32:00.000-07:002010-11-10T05:08:59.891-08:00Ancient Gods and Goddesses<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://interdenominationaldivineorder.com/gallery/anubis.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 425px; height: 615px;" src="http://interdenominationaldivineorder.com/gallery/anubis.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />This Blog is created for every one who wants to know little about ancient Gods And Goddesses and all interesting history parts where they had their fingers in.There are many myths about gods and people over centuries,that I will post here so if you love myths,gods and goddesses keep following this blog and you will learn everything about ancient history and Gods and Goddesses that ruled the earth over centuries.I will post how tribes and nations worshiped their gods and how did they sacrificed animals and other people to keep their gods satisfied.Interesting thing is that many tribes and nations worshiped same Gods and Goddesses,only each of them where named differently in each culture.This blog will cover nations and tribes that were <b>Polytheistic </b>and had believed in multiple<b> </b>Gods and Goddesses.In mythology there is belief that specific Gods and Goddesses had specific supernatural powers.Gods and Goddesses in mythology were immortal.Trough history half-gods are were mentioned,they were in many cases children of Gods and Goddesses and humans,some of them were immortal as well.In history they were represented as creatures or as superheroes with supernatural powers.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com