Egypt had mythology {Egyptian mythology}. Ancient Egyptians thought that the god that created the universe created them directly, from nothing. Nature depended on gods' intentions. Gods spoke, were intelligent, had human passions, and were moral. At death, a great mechanical balance weighed heart against feather of truth to judge people.
Supreme deity {Amun} {Amen} is god of life and reproduction.
God {Anubis} conducts the dead to judgment.
Archfiend {Apep} {Apepi} tried to stop Sun from rising.
sacred bull {Apis}.
god of silence {Horus}.
Earth goddess {Isis} {Hathor} is sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus.
Heaven is arched body of sky goddess {Nut}, and stars are her jewels.
The god {Osiris} of Sun, Nile, warmth, life, and fruitfulness is regularly reborn as the calf Apis. His symbol is ram or cow.
sun god {Ra}.
ruler of Tartarus and god of medicine {Serapis}.
The prince of evil {Set} {Typhon} killed Osiris.
God {Thoth} of wisdom, learning, language, and number has ibis head or baboon head.
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