Thoth
Appearance
| Thoth | |||||||||||
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| God o Knawledge, Hieroglyphs an Wiceheid | |||||||||||
Thoth, in ane o his furms as an ibis-heidit man | |||||||||||
| Name in hieroglyphs | or | ||||||||||
| Major cult centrer | Hermopolis | ||||||||||
| Symbol | Muin disk, papyrus scroll | ||||||||||
| Consort | Seshat, Ma'at, Bastet or Hathor | ||||||||||
| Parents | None (self-creatit); alternatively Ra | ||||||||||
Thoth (/ˈθoʊθ/ or /ˈtoʊt/; frae Greek Θώθ thṓth, frae Egyptian ḏḥwty, aiblins pronoonced */tʃʼiħautiː/ or */ɟiħautiː/, dependin on the phonological interpretation o Egyptian's emphatic consonants) wis considered ane o the maist important deities o the Egyptian pantheon. In airt, he wis eften depictit as a man wi the heid o an ibis or a baboon, ainimals saucrit tae him. His feminine coonterpairt wis Seshat, an his wife wis Ma'at.[1]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Thutmose III: A New Biography By Eric H Cline, David O'Connor University of Michigan Press (January 5, 2006)p. 127