[HPforGrownups] Great site for Egyptian mythology

[An'nai Jiriki]

No: HPFGUIDX 107173

Hate to burst bubbles, but as Religions academia, and
Egyptian practitioner, I can say this website is
academically unresearched. Information used from this
site is about the equivalent of Budge, out of date. 
If you take a look at the 'awards' section, there are
no credited Egyptology awards.  I have most of the
books listed in the book section, and aside from
Faulkner, the books are loosely based on 'support
only' facts that ignore other information. Aside from
that, many of the dates are incorrect (ie, Spence's
book is dated 1906). 

If one really looks, they will find the mythology is
based more so on Roman mythology than Egyptian, but
even then it takes intense searching.

If anyone would like to know more information, please
contact me off-list.

Instead try:

www.pantheon.org (they have most religions)

http://www.geocities.com/tehuti_88/mythlinks.html
& relating sites

www.occultresearch.org/ (they have most major
religions)

or any of the websites of the Metropolitian Museum of
Art (NY, USA), British Museum, Cairo Museum of
Egyptology or the Tyoko Musuem of Art.

Corrections to post:

Egyptians never had elves in any form. 
The Isis myths cited are from Roman Mythology, not
Egyptian, but this is the most cited references these
days.
Set was not evil, nor was he an equivalent of Typhoon.
Ammut is a new one on me, perhaps this is another
bastardized spelling of Apuat.

PS: to Jakedjensen, this post is by no means a
reflection on you. All I wanted to do was clear up
misconceptions before we have wild rumors based on
misinformation.


--- jakedjensen <jakejensen at hotmail.com> wrote:
> In recent days there has been a lot of talk about
> Egyptian mythology, 
> so I thought I would post this excellent website
> (about that very 
> topic). A few gods/goddesses that HP fans will find
> interesting are: 
> Ptah (sometimes referred to as the Elf God/ Elf
> king), Buto, Isis, 
> Seth, Osiris, and Horus (note the plotline of Isis,
> Seth, Osiris, and 
> Horus...sound familiar?), and Ammut ("the Dead-
> swallower"...hmmm)...just to name a few....
> 
> Anyway, here's the link:
> 
> http://www.egyptianmyths.net/section-deities.htm
> 
> Jake
> 
> 


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