The Egyptian Pantheon
~ With so many ______________________ myths and with the _________________________

number of years through which Ancient Egypt ______________________, many, many names

have ________________________ for the __________________, or at least a very

_______________________ concept or ________________________________.


~ For those of you who are ___________________________ with Greco-Roman mythology,

this idea is similar to the __________________________ Greek and Roman gods that have

______________________ names for the same god or goddess, such as Zeus and

_____________________, or Hera and ______________________.


~ And so, at the top of our pantheon stands the ________________________ god, often

depicted as the god of the _____________.


~ Some of the most ____________________ names for this being are Ra, Re, Atum, and

Amun, and sometimes these names are even ________________________ into Atum-Ra or

Amun-Ra.


~ We have already looked at ________________ of the offspring of Ra, namely the

____________________________ of Shu and Tefnet (also spelled ______________________)

which make up the _____________________.


~ However, Ra had a ____________ more children that we have not ___________ heard

about.


~ The diagram shows that he is the father of the god _________________ and the goddess

_________________ (sometimes found in the ______________ of

______________________).


~ However, Ra is also said to have been the father of __________________ and possibly other

gods and goddesses.


~ Most of the ______________________ myths throughout Ancient Egypt are related to those

_______________ gods and goddesses, so do be sure to learn who they are in

______________________ to each ___________________.


~ In addition, I have created a chart of some of the ______________________ gods and

goddesses to our study, how they were ____________________________, and what they were

_______________________ with.


~ You will be expected to know __________ of these gods and goddesses, so be sure to study

your handout ____________________ you take today’s quiz!!



Major Myths
~ Before we begin exploring some of the ___________________________ myths in Egyptian

mythology, I will warn you that I am saving the most _________________________ and most

_______________________ one for our next class.


~ Now, don’t be angry - is it for a ______________ reason!


~ As such, we will be _______________________ the myth of Isis and Osiris and moving on to

the myths that occurred either ___________________ Osiris’s death, or that did not

______________________ him.




Isis & the Seven Scorpions
~ Not long ____________ Osiris’ death, his sister and wife was ___________________ by

Thoth, one of Ra’s offspring, so her ________________, more or less, that her brother

____________ was intent on ______________________ her child.


~ Wanting to _____________________ the child, named ______________, from harm, Isis

went into _________________.


~ On her journey to ___________________ her son, Isis had an escort not or men or gods, but

of _______________________ - ____________ of them, to be exact.

~ These _______________________ were charmed in some way by Isis and were

___________________ to protect her and Horus from all _____________ and to avoid

strangers where ___________________.


~ One day ___________________ their travels, Isis sought ______________________ in a

small ____________________ called the Town of the Two Sisters.


~ She ________________________ the home of a _______________________ family, but

was summarily ___________________________ by the lady of the house.

~ The scorpions were _______________ at Isis’ expense, and took matters of

__________________________ into their own hands - or fangs, I suppose.


~ In a rather _____________________________ way - even magically - ____________ of the

scorpions gave their ______________ to the _____________________, who in turn

________________ into the house and _________________________ stung the young son.


~ The son became ______________________ ill and was close to ________________.

~ His mother ____________ about the town begging for ___________ to save him, however

her ___________________ and ___________________ behavior had turned the town

__________________ her and no one offered her help.


~ Isis, being a _____________ goddess at heart, did ___________ want an innocent child to

__________________ on her behalf.


~ She used her _________________ healing magic and cured the child by

_________________ the seven scorpions, allowing her to ______________________ both

them and their _________________.

~ The mother was incredibly ___________________ to have her son _______________, and

as such, offered Isis __________ the peasant girl, who had offered Isis

____________________, all of her _________________ possessions.


~ Now, this myth is fascinating on _____________ counts.


~ Primarily, Isis’ __________________ over the scorpions.

~ If Isis were a _________________, we could _____________________ that she was using

some sort of _________________ to control the creatures.


~ Perhaps it was the ______________________ Curse, or something ___________________

powerful, but if that were the case, why would she have ______________ the child in the first

place?


~ Perhaps she had a change of ________________, or perhaps whatever ________________

this goddesses possessed is not something that _____________________ exists.

~ Another _________________________ part to this myth is Isis’ use of magic to

_______________ the scorpions.


~ You will find a ___________________________ theme in many ____________________

myths where knowing the ______________ name of a creature gives someone

_________________ power over that creature.


~ So _____________________ were the Ancient Egyptians in Isis’ power over the

_________________________ that they ______________________ her name and image in

both ____________________ and _______________________ rites to beg her protection from

the creatures.


The Destruction of Humankind/The Myth of the Cow
~ Much, much _______________ in the mythology of the Egyptian gods, Ra decided he was

getting __________________ of ruling over _________________________, as mankind had

become ___________________ and was plotting _________________________ him.


~ He called a ________________ of other gods in ______________________, including Shu,

_______________________, Geb, Nut, Nun, and _____________________.


~ All of these gods ___________________ that humankind should be

______________________.

~ Hathor, often called the ____________ of Ra, turned into her ____________________ alter-

ego __________________, and descended on mankind in a ____________________________

fury.


~ Unfortunately, ____________________ was caught up in her _______________________

and was not easily ________________________.


~ Ra instructed his _________________________ to create a large volume of blood-colored

____________ - about ____________ jars of it - and to pour the _____________ into a field.

~ Sekhmet was ______________________ when she saw the seemingly blood-soaked field

and __________________ her fill.


~ Now being completely _______________________, she was unable to continue her

____________________ of the human race.


~ She _______________________ returned to the form of Hathor, and

________________________ in her role as the ______________ blood-thirsty mother

goddess.

~ This incident ______________________ Ra’s decision to _________________ the earth to

the rule of his offspring ________________, the god of _________________ and

_________________.


~ On Nun’s advice, he __________________ onto the goddess ___________, who in the guise

of a ___________, and ascended into the ___________, supported by ______________.


~ His _____________________ into the heavens can also be __________________________

as the creation of the ______________________ surrounding the Earth.