The Agathos Daimon in Greco-Egyptian religion

List of gods, goddesses, monsters, daimones and other spirits of Greek mythology

Greek mythology, 2023

List of gods, goddesses, monsters, daimones and other spirits of Greek mythology. (570 entries) GROUP Deity God Goddess Spirit-Daemon Monster-Giants Deified Human. ABA (Αβα) : Nymph of Thrace, loved by Poseidon, mother of Ergiscos. ABARBAREA (Αβαρβαρεη) : Naiad of Mysia loved by the Trojan prince, Bucolion, mother of the twins, Esepos and Pedasos. ACESO (Ἀκεσώ) : Goddess of the healing of wounds and the curing of illnesses. ACHELOUS (Αχέλους) : River god of the Achelous River who gave his daughter, Callirhoe, in marriage to Alcmaeon. ACHERON (Αχέρων) : Underworld river of woe. ACHILLES (Ἀχιλλεύς) : hero of the Trojan War, deified after his death. ACHLYS (Ἀχλύς) : Spirit of the death-mist, personification of sadness, misery and poison. Said to have existed before Chaos itself. ACHOS (Ἄχος) : One of the spirits of pain, "trouble distress" ACIS (Άκις) : Young shepherd, in love with the Nereid Galatea, who was crushed under a rock by the jealous Polyphemus and who was transformed into a river. ACMON (Ακμών) : One of the Dactyls. ACRATOPOTES (Ἀκρατοπότης) : God of unmixed wine. ACTAEUS (Ακταίος) : One of the Telchines. ADEPHAGIA (Ἀδηφαγία) : Spirit of satiety and gluttony. ADIKIA (Ἀδικία) : Minor goddess of injustice and wrongdoing. ADONIS (Άδωνις) : Son of King Cinyras and his daughter Myrrha who was loved by Persephone and Aphrodite. ADRASTEIA (Αδράστεια) : One the Oreades, a nursemaid of the infant Zeus. AEGAEON (Αιγαίων) : God of violent sea storms and ally of the Titans. AEGLE (Αἴγλη) : Goddess of radiant good health. AEOLUS (Αἴολος) : A king of Thessaly,son of Hippotes, made the ruler of all the winds by Zeus

Gods in Ancient Egypt

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion, 2016

The ancient Egyptians were surrounded by various manifestations of their many gods. Though their gods usually lived in heaven or in the netherworlds, they were permanently represented on earth by monuments, statues, symbols, animals, and plants, as well as by social concepts. The Egyptians described their gods by various names and images, always aware that in the end their true personalities and characters remained elusive.The ancient Egyptian universe comprised heaven, earth, and netherworld, all part of creation and surrounded by eternal darkness. Though separate areas, they were permeable for the gods and the dead. The universe ran smoothly as long as there was respect and cooperation between them and the living. This formed an ideological, social, and economic cohesion.The gods were powerful but benevolent, and approachable in many ways. The divine king was the hub between the world of the gods and the human sphere. He was the main entity responsible for organizing the supply an...

Revealing the Role of the Deity sA @wt @r

International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Studies /International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Studies, 2024

Most of the main gods and goddesses in Ancient Egypt were assisted by legions of guardian deities, among these guardians were the Agathodaemons, to whom sA @wt @r "Son of Hathor" belonged. While the term "Agathodaemon" lacks a precise equivalent within Ancient Egyptian terminology, it commonly conveys the notion of a protective deity or benevolent spirit. The Agathodaemon cult first flourished in Egypt in the Ptolemaic Period.

The Origin of our Belief in God (and his Enemy, the Old Snake)

In the Ugarit texts the old West Semitic High-god is called " ´El, the Bull ". He is " God " par excellence, for " gods " in plural aréelim. He is living inside the mountain of the " night " , Lel, the nightly vault seen as a black mountain dotted with firestones situated by the double offspring of water-streams. He can be compared with the Akkadian god, Ea (Sumerian Enki), who has his temple called " House of abzu " in Eridu surrounded by Euphratian marshlands near the ancient coastline. Abzu is the underground freshwater-basin, and Ea is often pictured with two streams of water running from his shoulders; and his symbol is the goat and the fish, and his priests are dressed in skin of carp. Enki is the great provider of life-giving water as seen in the great poem, Enki and Ninhursag. He lives on the paradise island of Dilmun, called a garden where there is not sickness nor old age or death. This island must be identified with modern Bahrein, a name that in Arabic means " two seas " , i.e. the place where the fresh waters coming from the underground meet with the salt water from the Persian Golf. Ea can be compared with the Luwian god Ia. We have a pair of very old Anatolian gods, Tarku and Ja witnessed by the names given to old ritual singing, triambe and jambe and the names given the priest serving at a temple1 close to the Corycian cave in Cilicia. Jao is also the name given to the Cilician monster, Typhon, overcome by Zeus. Typhon is the personification of the Paradise mountain, Tsaphon, and he is half snake, half man, and tries to get more strength by eating a certain fruit, but it has the opposite effect (cf. Gen 3). Ea in Eridu is not only the provider of life-giving water, but also has a holy kishkanu-tree standing in his temple. God of the Bible,´El/Jah, is simply the old prehistoric high god of the Middle East, the Lord of Paradise with the fourfold river bringing the life-giving water to the world, cf. rivers of fire surrounding the Ancient of Days, Dan 7, and God enthroned by the sea of crystal, and the river of life coming out from beneath his throne in Rev 22,1f. This belief in a life-giving god, in prehistoric time (Catal Höyük) seen riding the bull, or as a bull suffering, killed and surrounded by water, but in the Bible called the good shepherd and the lamb slaughtered, is reaching us through endless ages of human struggle for life. In Greece he was called upon with the call eleleu ju ju (Semitic halleluja), in Rome Jo-Saturnalia. But most often he was forgotten and only survived in the faint memory of a Garden of the Hesperides where the apples of eternal life were guarded by an always vigilant snake or the fair Adonis who was killed on the holy Cedar mountains of Lebanon, in his death giving his blood to the Adonis-river coming out of the mountain side, and every year, at the beginning of the hot season, turning red. At the painted walls in Catal Höyük the bull killed by the hunters seems to be reborn as the young calf. This rebirth is not typical for Adonis. And his Egyptian parallel, Osiris, becomes lord of the Underworld, but is actually reborn in his son Horus. He is not only the giver of the Water of Life, his power can be identified with the vine or the almond trees being the first to blossom in early spring (the Menorah). On the carved slabs from Nineveh we see the Tree of Life nursed by cherub-winged griffons (Gen 3,24), but they can also be seen nursing the king, the king can be identified with the Tree of Life, cf. Jesus calling himself the " True vine ". The blood of Adonis was foaming and giving color to the roses, just as the sperm of Uranos was foaming on the sea and out of it came Aphrodite. Out of the blood of Hyakinthos (with the Hya-/Ia-and suffixes –k-and –nthos) sprouted the hyacinth, and out of the blood of Attis the 1 Strabo XIV 5,10: The priestly potentates of nearby Olba bore the name of either Teucer or Ajax.

The Iconography and Function of Winged Gods in Egypt during the Græco-Roman Period

Journal of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Alexandria University, 2015

This research analyzes the iconography and function of winged gods in Graeco-Roman Egypt. "Wind deities" appeared as winged scarabs or winged four-headed rams. Osiris was also represented in the shape of a winged scarab, a winged sun disc, or a winged mummy.Harpokrateswas figured with wings on magical stelae and gems. The winged solar disc of Horus Behdety decorates the façade of the Egyptian temples. Moreover, Seth appeared in the form of a winged god in the temple of Hibis. Bes is depictedwith wings on amulets and statuettes. The winged sphinxof Tutu was used to ward off demons. God Chnoubisis also depicted as a winged goat-headed scarab in the Egyptian art. The Greek god Eros appeared as a winged boy on the walls of Stagni tomb in KomEl-Shokafa. Hypnos, the Greek god of sleep, is depicted as a winged youth on Ariadne sarcophagus. The wings of the Egyptian gods spring from their arms or sides unlike the wings of Greek gods which spring only from their backs. The shape of the Egyptian winged gods was employed in protective and magical purposes. On the other hand, Greek gods inspired their winged iconography from their mythic roles.

Snake Charming Dream Gods - Ancient Egypt and Greece

Medium, 2020

The polymath, presumed step pyramid architect and later demigod — ‘Imhotep’ of the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt is frequently associated with the Hellenic god of dream-healing and prophecy — ‘Asklepios’. This identification is thought to have originated with the Greeks themselves in Egypt, yet Egyptologists have found little or no strong evidence of Imhotep in relation to specific Egyptian dream incubation rituals, oracles or ‘sleep temples’ which we find as a major aspect of the Hellenic Asklepion tradition.

Investigating the Origins of Satan: Tracing the Connection to the Egyptian God Set

2023

This research study delves into the origins of Satan, exploring the potential link between the biblical figure of Satan and the Egyptian deity Set. The investigation draws upon primary sources, including papyrus papers documenting the attributes and worship of Set, as well as biblical texts referencing Satan. The study aims to establish that Satan can be understood as an aspect derived from Set, through an analysis of their name roots, associated elements, symbols, and the roles they fulfill within the religious texts and beliefs in which they are portrayed. By examining the textual and cultural evidence surrounding these figures, this research seeks to shed light on the possible historical and theological connections between them. The findings of this research contribute to a deeper understanding of the complex interplay between ancient religious traditions and the development of symbolic and mythological figures across different cultures and time periods and give a deeper understanding from literature and religious proses by understanding the roots and origins behind it.