Egyptian Mythology

Hello, my name is Tai and this is my presentation about Egyptian Mythology. My essential question is, "What did ancient Egyptians believe in death and Mythology?" I hope you enjoy this presentation!

I was inspired to choose Egyptian Mythology by a book I read a while ago about mummy's, tombs, and god's. That's really what inspired me.

Osiris, god of the underworld

• Osiris was the god of the underworld.
• when a pharaoh died they became an Osiris.
• Osiris was killed by his brother Seth, Seth was jealous of Osirises pharaohs and decided he would be king.
• Osirises wife Isis found him and brought him back.
• Osiris is shown as a human.

Isis the goddess of motherhood and love

• Isis was the goddess of motherhood and love.
• Isis was the wife and sister of Osiris, and mother of Horus.
• She recovered Osiris’s body after he was killed by Seth and brought him back to life.

When a person is mummified, their organs were placed in jars guarded by different gods. The Jackal jar, the Human jar, the Baboon jar, and the Falcon jar.

The jars that hold the organs are guarded by spiritual animals and people. They watch over the organs and make sure nothing bad happens to them.

The Jackal jar, the “Jackal headed” god called Duamutef guarded the stomach of the pharaoh in his jar.

The Human jar, the liver was placed in the god named Imsety’s jar. He was shown as a human.

Horus the god of the sky

• Horus is known as a falcon and is the god of the sky
• He was the son of Osiris and Isis.
• Horus lost his eye fighting with Seth after he killed Osiris.

Anubis the god of funerals and death

• Anubis was shown as a wild jackal or dog.
• Anubis was often painted on the walls of tombs as people thought he would protect the dead
• Anubis was shown as a wild jackal or dog.

The Baboon jar, the lungs were stored in the jar of the baboon headed god Hapi.

The Falcon jar, the intestines were kept inside the falcon headed jar protected by god Qebehsenuef.

Christine Albright is an assistant professor at the Classics Department at the University of Georgia and she works as an Elementary Languages Program Coordinator. She's also known as Dr. Albright!!

I invited Dr. Albright to come to my school and have an interview with me. Sophia, Harper, and Erika also came along, but they talked about Greek Mythology. Here are some questions and answers that were discussed.

Questions

• Is there a big difference between Greek and Egyptian mythology?
• Do the people that live in Egypt still believe in the gods and pharaohs?
• Did Egyptian gods and goddesses make an improvement on Egypt?
• If you could choose an Egyptian god or goddess to be witch would you choose.
• When someone important dies do they still wrap them up and put them in tombs with loads of jewlery?

Answers

• Egyptianmythology is different than Greek mythology because Egyptian gods and goddesses are in form of animals but Greeks are ussually just humans.
• Most people that now live in Egypt Don't but a few people might. I know that they are proud that they might of had gods and goddesses roaming were they are and were they live.
• Yes, most people who lived at that time felt improved because they believed they were being watched over and protected by the gods and goddeses.
• One of the most powerful goddesses of Egyptian Mythology is Isis because she can bring people back to present! That came in handy when Seth killed Osiris and Isis brought him back!
• No, not anymore because most people who live in Egypt now a days are either Christian or Muslim.

Bibiliography

• World book encyclopedia, Volume E.6 published by world book, inc, in chicago by 2003