The Mythology Book

THE AMERICAS 259 See also: Fire and rice 226–27 ■ Viracocha the creator 256–57 ■ The sky makes the sun and earth 260–61 but once ...

260 K óoch, whose name means “sky,” was the Tehuelche creator, believed to have always existed. For a long time, he lived alone ...

THE AMERICAS 261 Tehuelche youths dance, wearing feather "horns," to celebrate a girl's reaching puberty. Depicted by English ex ...

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T he continent of Africa is rich in myth, which divides into two categories: the mythology of ancient Egypt, which we know from ...

M. A. Murray’s Ancient Egyptian Legends details 11 mythological tales from ancient Egypt. British anthropologists conduct field ...

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268 I n the beginning there was nothing but the primal ocean, called Nun—“nonbeing”— according to the ancient creation myths des ...

269 See also: Prometheus helps mankind 36–39 ■ The night barque of Ra 272–73 ■ Ra’s secret name 274–75 ■ Osiris and the Underwor ...

270 far above.” Horus was depicted as a falcon with outstretched wings, whose eyes were the sun and moon. Thanks to his inabilit ...

271 Sekhmet had tasted blood, she lost control. Lusting for more, she killed everyone she found, wading through their gory remai ...

272 R a was god of the sun and also a creator god, who rose from chaos to create himself. Every day he crossed the heavens in a ...

ANCIENT EGYPT AND AFRICA 273 See also: The creation and the first gods 266–71 ■ Ra's secret name 272–73 ■ Osiris and the Underwo ...

274 ISIS LIVED IN THE FORM OF A WOMAN, WHO HAD THE KNOWLEDGE OF WORDS OF POWER RA’S SECRET NAME F or the Egyptians, a name was e ...

275 See also: The creation and the first gods 266–71 ■ The night barque of Ra 272–73 ■ Osiris and the Underworld 276–83 ANCIENT ...

NUT, THE GREAT, SAYS: ‘‘THIS IS MY SON, MY FIRST-BORN, OSIRIS’’ OSIRIS AND THE UNDERWORLD US_276-283_Osiris.indd 276 01/12/17 4: ...

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278 O siris—son of the earth god Geb and the sky goddess Nut—originally ruled as a king of mortals. It was he who taught the Egy ...