Transcript What where the effects of gods and goddesses on Egyptian

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
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Amun and Ra
Amun-Ra
Osiris
Isis
Seth
Anubis
Thoth
Bastet
Horus
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
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.
The Beginning
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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.
Nature
• Watery
catastrophes
• Nile flood.
• Earthquakes
Daily Life
•Farming
•Hieroglyphics
•Mummification
Interesting Facts
• Eating donkey
flesh
• Sitting on a tree
• Looking in deep
well
• Eating eggs
• Shaving
eyebrows
Skills we Gained by Doing This
Project
• Teamwork
• Patience
• Spelling things
correctly
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.c
o.uk/menu.html