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Classics Technology Center: The Story of Troy
This site provides an account of the legendary war between Greece and Troy. Begins with the legend of Helen and her possibly divine birth and finishes with the fates of the warriors involved. Also includes some nice comparative mythology...
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Eternal Egypt: Mut
Mut was the consort of Amun and the mother of Khonsu in the Theban Triad. Mut is one of the symbolic mothers of the pharaoh.
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Eternal Egypt: Isis
Isis was the Divine and Protective Mother. She was the wife and sister of Osiris, and his partner on the throne of Egypt. After the death of Osiris, she collected his torn body and resurrected him with her magical power. Isis gave birth...
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Eternal Egypt: Maat
Maat is a goddess personifying truth, justice and moral integrity. Her statue was often offered by the kings to the major gods as a symbol of equilibrium and, thus, their authority to reign.
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Eternal Egypt: Neith
Neith is the main goddess worshiped in Sais, in the West Delta. Neith had a great reputation in magic and medicine and was considered to be the goddess who invented the art of weaving. Therefore, she was a protective goddess and her...
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Eternal Egypt: Hathor
Hathor was the goddess of the sky who nursed Horus. She was the goddess of motherhood, joy, and music.
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Eternal Egypt: Nekhbet
Nekhbet was the vulture goddess of Nekheb or El-Kab, as well as being the protective deity of the Otherworld.
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Eternal Egypt: Sekhmet
Sekhmet "The Most Powerful One" was usually depicted as a woman with the head of a lioness. Her principal cult center was Memphis, where she became a member of its triad together with her spouse Ptah and their son Nefertum.
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Eternal Egypt: Sekhmet
Sekhmet, portrayed as a lioness, was the goddess of war and violence. She was the patroness of Kingship.
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Eternal Egypt: Sereket
Sereket was originally a healing goddess who treats the bites of reptiles. Therefore, her emblem is a scorpion. Sereket, Isis, Nephthys, and Neith were considered to be the four protective goddesses of the canopic jars of the mummified...
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Eternal Egypt: Nephthys
Nephthys was one of the nine cosmic gods of Heliopolis. Isis and Nephthys are considered to be the two mourners and the protective goddesses of the deceased.
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Eternal Egypt: Ranenutet
Ranenutet, the viper goddess, is the deity of fertile land, the harvest, the corn and the mother of the god of the crops "Neprew".
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Eternal Egypt: Meretseger
Meretseger was the protective goddess of the necropolis. Her name means "She who loves silence." She would protect the dead in the Otherworld and punish the evildoers who would violate the tombs.
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Eternal Egypt: Mehet Weret
Mehet-Weret's name means "the great flood". She was the cow goddess of the sky. She represents the waterway of heaven, along which the sun god and the king sail.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Hathor
Drawing of Egyptian goddess Hathor, in the form of a cow.