Thoth
The Great Measurer.
- Cult Center:
Eshmunen or Hermopolis.
- Attributes:
Thoth was a moon god who played an important role in the
Osiris
legend and the judgment of the dead in
the Hall of
Maat. Thoth was said to be mighty in
knowledge and divine speech. The inventer of spoken and written
language. As the lord of books he was the scribe of the gods and
patron of all scribes. He is credited with inventing astronomy,
geometry, and medicine. Thoth was the measurer of the earth and
the counter of the stars, the keeper and recorder of all
knowledge. It was Thoth who was believed to have written important
religious texts such as The Book of the
Dead. In this text, he appears in the
Hall of
Maat as a scribe holding a writing reed
and palette to record the results of the weighing of the deceased's heart against the feather of Maat.
- Representation:
A man with the head of an Ibis. An ibis or an ape. A dog faced
ape. He is often seen wearing a lunar disk and cresant on his head
or the Atef
crown.
- Relations: Self
conceived at the beginning of time. Husband of Maat.
Brother and some times husband of Seshat.
- Other Names:
Tehuti.
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