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What were the effects of gods and goddesses on Egyptian life?

What were the effects of gods and goddesses on Egyptian life?. By Jordan, Tim, and Sammy November 2004. This slideshow presentation will discuss the following four aspects:. Pantheon Religion Nature Daily life. Greater Gods. Amun and Ra Amun-Ra Osiris Isis Seth Anubis Thoth

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What were the effects of gods and goddesses on Egyptian life?

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  1. What were the effects of gods and goddesses on Egyptian life? By Jordan, Tim, and Sammy November 2004

  2. This slideshow presentation will discuss the following four aspects: • Pantheon • Religion • Nature • Daily life

  3. Greater Gods Amun and Ra Amun-Ra Osiris Isis Seth Anubis Thoth Bastet Horus

  4. Lesser gods • Apep: Giant serpent that attacks the sun. • Ba & Ka: Soul & Spirit • Meresger: snake goddess • Sobek: protector of the Nile. • Serket: Scorpion goddess, protector of canopic jars. • Aton: Little known sun god • Ptah: God of craftsmen • Bes: Dwarf god of luck. • Twaret: Protector of pregnant women. • Sekhmet: Lesser Goddess of war

  5. Religion • Ra’s eye decided to leave, and the eye cried and made the first people. • Sun was a god born each day and died each night. • Baby shaped on Khnum’s potters wheel.

  6. The Beginning • Cold waters Nun. • The hill Ben-Ben. • Ra stood on Ben-Ben. • Spat out Shu and Tefnut. • Geb and Nut. • Isis, Osiris, Seth, Nephthys. • That is where the Egyptian pantheon starts.

  7. Nature • Watery catastrophes • Nile flood. • Earthquakes

  8. Daily Life • Farming • Hieroglyphics • Mummification

  9. Interesting Facts • Eating donkey flesh • Sitting on a tree • Looking in deep well • Eating eggs • Shaving eyebrows

  10. Skills we Gained by Doing This Project • Teamwork • Patience • Spelling things correctly

  11. References • Social Studies Book • Margaret Drover Egyptian Mythology. London: Octopus Books Limited 1972 • Everyday learning Company Ancient Egypt. U.S.A.: Everyday Learning 1999 • http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

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