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Post by stormcat on Aug 3, 2006 22:49:46 GMT -5
In the beginning there was nothing but the watery waste of Nun. There was no light, there was no darkness, there was nothing solid to rest upon. Then in the watery waste of Nun something stirred. It was the god Amun, in his form of Khepre the "becoming One" who was the rising sun. At first he had nothing to rest rest upon so he made a solid bank. The Egyptians imagined this to be a muddy island rising out of the watery waste, which resembled the Nile Flood when it was going down leaving small islands in its wake. Amum realized that he had a great deal to do, so he created two other gods to help him. These were Shu and Tefnut, the God of the Air and the Goddess of Moisture. Shu was represented by a man with a feather on his head and Tefnut though a woman, is also shown in the form of a Lioness. Tefnut was the Goddess of rain, Dew and the Gentle Winds not to be confused with the fierce ones that blew in from the desert. Shu and Tefnut were universal Egyptian Gods and had no special Shrines or places connected with them...by M.V. Seton-Williams
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Post by Senbecc on Aug 5, 2006 9:04:42 GMT -5
In the beginning there was nothing but the watery waste of Nun. There was no light, there was no darkness, there was nothing solid to rest upon. Then in the watery waste of Nun something stirred. It was the god Amun, in his form of Khepre the "becoming One" who was the rising sun. At first he had nothing to rest rest upon so he made a solid bank. The Egyptians imagined this to be a muddy island rising out of the watery waste, which resembled the Nile Flood when it was going down leaving small islands in its wake. Amum realized that he had a great deal to do, so he created two other gods to help him. These were Shu and Tefnut, the God of the Air and the Goddess of Moisture. Shu was represented by a man with a feather on his head and Tefnut though a woman, is also shown in the form of a Lioness. Tefnut was the Goddess of rain, Dew and the Gentle Winds not to be confused with the fierce ones that blew in from the desert. Shu and Tefnut were universal Egyptian Gods and had no special Shrines or places connected with them...by M.V. Seton-Williams I have at times come to concider that since all the land is connected, meaning there is no water with out depth to seperate lands that perhaps this is the reason for many of the similarities between cultural beliefs. My belief is that there is a "god" and that god is the land. IMO all beliefs, men women children, as well as their gods are born of the land through the same creative force that lives within all things... My apologies if I'm not making any since...I am a VERY tired puppy...How many years till retirment again?
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Post by stormcat on Aug 5, 2006 21:55:25 GMT -5
A valid thought. Maybe this was handed down from an older text. Sounds a lot like Genesis to me. Sorry you're tired, I've been a bit under the weather, Allergies this time. >^-.-^<
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