Gods And Goddesses From Egypt

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1. What 'creature' could not be killed in Ancient Egypt because it was seen as related to Ra's own daughter, the goddess Bastet? cobra cat falcon holy bull

2. What did the god Khnum use as a.material; b.a tool to create human beings? Nile mud and a trowel stone and a chisel sand and a spade clay and a potter's wheel

3. What daily phenomenon was interpreted by the Egyptians as the snake Apopis devouring Ra's sunboat? the red shine of sunset the frightening phenomenon of a sun eclipse the spectacle of sunrise the strange spectacle of a moon eclipse

4. What bird represented the so-called 'ba' of the deceased that kept hovering over the mummies of the dead? a man-headed hawk a bald-headed eagle a man-headed ibis a chacal-headed falcon

5. Which of these is not a characteristic of the trickster god Seth?? long,curved,pointed snout canine body cat's whiskers slanting eyes

6. How does Seth murder Osiris ? lets him starve in the cellars of his palace poisons him locks him into a chest , throws him into the Nile,and finally cuts his body into pieces pushes him off a cliff

7. The Pharaohs considered themselves as heirs of Geb, the god of earth.What did the word Pharaoh itself mean? big palace Lord of Gold son of the Sungod Ra skipper of the Sun-boat

8. Thoth the Egyptian Moon God was often represented as a monkey. What kind of monkey ? baboon chimpanzee gorilla orang-utan

9. Which Egyptian god was usually represented with the head of a hippopotamus, the tail of a crocodile and the claws of a lion ? Nekhbet Apopis Sekhmet Taurt

10. How did the Moon God Thoth solve the problem of the twins Geb and Nut who, because of Ra's ill will towards them , had some problems to have children on a normal day of the sun-calendar ? Thoth pleaded with Ra until He gave in Thoth created some extra moon calendar days Thoth asked the help of Imhotep who gave the two lovers a very potent love-drink Geb and Nut were changed into 'holy cattle' and that disguise misled Ra