Egypt
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Predynastic
Period (5200
BC to 2700
BC): First
settlers of the
Nile Valley
hunt and fish,
later switch to
farming.
Many kings
rule the
several
districts
spread
throughout
Egypt. A
single
leader
conquers
and unifies
all of Egypt
under one
rule.
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Earliest Egyptian gods and goddesses in all of
the individual nomes were nature dieties
Element
God/Goddess
•Sun
Atum
•Air
Shu
•Water
Tefnut
•Earth
Geb
•Sky
Nut
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At first, there was only Nun. Nun was the
dark waters of chaos.
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One day, a hill rose up out of the waters.
This hill was called Ben-Ben.
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On this hill stood Atum, the first god.
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Atum coughed and spat out Shu, the god
of the air, and Tefnut, the goddess of
moisture.
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Shu and Tefnut had two children. First,
there was Geb, the god of the earth. Then,
there was Nut, the goddess of the sky.
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Atum
Nut
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Geb
Nut
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Thoth
Nut
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Khensu
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Shu lifted Nut up so that she became a
canopy over Geb.
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•In ancient myths, Geb (the earth) and
his wife Nut (the sky) were snuggled
up to each other so closely that there
was no space between them for the
sun to travel.
•So Re, the god of the sun, ordered
their father Shu (god of the air) to
come between them, separating the
pair with a violent storm.
•Shu held Nut up away from the
ground to create air space in which the
sun could travel.
•Darkness came daily, whenever Shu
let her down, but every morning she
was lifted off of Geb all over again.
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Nut and Geb had four children named
Osiris, Isis, Seth and Nephthys.
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Osiris was the king of the earth and Isis
was the queen. Osiris was a good king,
and he ruled over the earth for many
years.
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Osiris
Isis
Seth
Nephthys Osiris
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However, everything was not well. Seth
was jealous of Osiris because he wanted
to be the ruler of the earth. He grew
angrier and angrier until one day he killed
Osiris.
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Osiris went down into the underworld and
Seth remained on earth and became king.
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Osiris and Isis had one son called Horus.
Horus battled against Seth and regained
the throne. After that, Horus was the king
of the earth and Osiris was the king of the
underworld.
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Horus
Anubis
Anubis
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Horus
Anubis
Anubis