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Thoth,
Djhuty, Djehuty, Tehuty
Egytian
myth has the great god Thoth. Origanlly from Atlantis, the great
preist king fled with a close group of learned preist to Egypt when
Atlantis sank into the sea . As there no records of what he looked
like in Atlantis, he is now potrayed as an the baboon or the Ibis
headed god of the Egyptians. Thoth's centre of worshiped was at
Khmunu (Hermopolis) in Upper Egypt.
Thoth is the god who overcame the curse of the sun god Ra allowing
Nut to give birth to her five children. with his skill at games.It
was he who helped Isis work the ritual to bring Osiris back from
the dead, and who drove the magical poison of Set from her son,
Horus with the power of his magic.Thoth was Horus' supporter during
the young god's battle with his uncle Set, helping Horus with his
wisdom and magic.
When
Ra retired from the earth, he appointed Thoth and told him of his
desire to create a Light-soul in the Duat and in the Land of the
Caves, and it was over this region that the sun god appointed Thoth
to rule, ordering him to keep a register of those who were there,
and to mete out just punishments to them. Thoth became the representation
of Ra in the afterlife, seen at the judgement of the dead in the
'Halls of the Double Ma'at' or as is known in his tablets as the
"Hall of Amenti".
The
magical powers of Thoth"s 'Book of Thoth', which would allow
a person who read the sacred book to become the most powerful magician
in the world. The Book which "the god of wisdom wrote with his own
hand". It was the stor of creation and man as he came into the earth
plane. The story of the stars and the after life of man if chose
to live bt the law.
A scribe to the gods, who kept a great library
of scrolls. He was recorder of time.The spells in The Book of
the Dead and the Book of Breathings, were written by
him. He stood at the portal of the underworld helping or punshing
as the deeds of men were.
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