The Emergence of Cults
~ Before we begin exploring the various __________________________ myths from Ancient

Egypt, there are a _____________ things we need to understand about _______________ the

various cults _________________________.


~ The cults were based on the __________________________ of a particular god in each

___________________________, or ________________, in the earliest

_____________________________.

~ There were approximately __________ of these nomes, and each of them had their

______________ “universal” god who had been in ___________________________ since (or

even ______________________) time ___________________.


~ These universal gods _____________________________ the world as the

________________ knew it and created all ______________________ beings.


~ However, that is quite often where their similarities _________________, as you will see

when we begin to _________________________ the origin myths.


~ Another ____________________ to keep in mind when we are looking at these myths and

_____________________ is that they were ____________________________ passed down

by word of ____________________.


~ Without ___________________ records of these myths, much of what we now know has

been _____________________ together from various _____________________________

passed down through the ________________.


~ There is a __________________________ possibility that the myths we know today are

__________________________________ different from what the _______________________

myths depicted.


~ Since not even a time-turner could ________________________ return us to the 3rd

________________________ of Egypt, we will have to rely upon

____________________________________ and ____________________________________

research to understand the _____________________ of these _____________________

people.


The Myths of Origin
~ While there were most likely ____________________________ myths of origin throughout the

_____________________ of Ancient Egypt, there are four _______________________ myths that have had

__________________________ and long-lasting impacts on the ________________________ of the people.


~ Three of these myths originated _________________ or during the ___________ Dynasty of Egypt (2686-2613

BCE), and the fourth, which emerged quite _____________________ than the others, had probably the

________________________ impact on Egyptian beliefs from the ___________ Dynasty (2134-1991 BCE) onward

due to its ____________________________.


The Heliopolitan Cult & Myth of Origin


The Hermopolitan Cult & Myth of Origin
~ Unsurprisingly, the Hermopolitan Cult was based in the city of _________________________,

located in _________________ Egypt.


~ The cult’s myth of origin is _____________________________ different than the Heliopolitan

myth that we just examined in that ___________________ happened in one

__________________, as opposed to the _____________________ system that the previous

myth described.


~ The gods & goddesses _____________________________ with this particular myth are

called “The __________________” as there are ___________________ of them.

~ They are based on the ________________ elements of chaos.


~ Nun (male) and Naunet (female) are the primordial _______________________.


~ Heh (male) and Hehet (female), also referred to as Huh and Hauhet

________________________________, are infinity/_____________________________.

~ Kek (male) and Keket (female), or Kuk and Kauket respectively, are

_______________________.


~ And Amun (male) and Amunet (or Amaunet - female) are air/______________________.


~ The Ogdoad are considered the ______________________ and ______________________

who created the ________________ with the males depicted with the heads of

________________ and the females depicted with the heads of

_________________________.

~ Depending on which _________________________ of the myth you read, either the gods

and goddesses ______________________ from the chaos-created “Island of Flame,” or the

gods and goddesses _____________________ the Island of Flame on which to

________________ the world.


~ In either case, an _________________________ between all eight of their heads created an

____________________________ burst of energy that _______________________ creation to

take place.


~ At this moment of creation, one of the most ___________________ versions states that, the

sun (represented by the god ___________________) arose from the ____________________

above a lotus flower (represented by the goddess ____________________________).

The Memphite Cult & Myth of Origin


The Theban Cult & Myth of Origin
~ The Theban cult is the only ___________ of the four cults we are looking at today that was

located in _________________ Egypt, and emerged _________________________________

later than the others.


~ Around the ____________ Dynasty, Thebes became the __________________ of the

Egyptian Kingdom, and a ____________________ version of the

_________________________________ myth became the

_______________________________ belief.


~ In this ___________________________ version, Amun (one of the _____________________

Hermopolitan Ogdoad) is ____________________ to ______________ of the Gods & the

_________________ of Thebes.

~ His _______________________ with the goddess __________ (meaning Mother) resulted in

the birth of _______________, the moon god.


~ From this original ________________, the world was created.


~ This cult also ___________________________ many of the gods and goddesses from

_________________ cults into their belief system, and its ___________________________

spread over ______________ of the surrounding area as it was _________________________

by the ______________________ of the time.

~ As you can no doubt see, there are _____________________________ & differences

between __________ of these different cults and what they ____________________________.


~ However, _________________ features are similar in _____________ of them, namely that

there were _______________________ gods and goddesses involved, in ______________

way, in the ______________________ of the world and _____________ of its

_____________________________.