The Egyptian Religion was very popular in Ancient Greece. It was a polytheistic religion that contained varying beliefs and practices. Although the tales vary, the following is the most common story of creation.
Before the gods, there was only darkness and chaos. One day, a hill rose from the darkness with the first god Atum standing upon it. When the hill finally rose, Atum coughed up the second and third gods. The god of air and the goddess of moisture. They had two children, Geb the god of Earth and Nut the sky goddess. Shu (the goddess of moisture) lifted Nut over Geb to create the night sky.
Nut and Geb had four children. Orisis, Isis, Seth, and Nephthys. Orisis became the king of the Earth with Isis as the queen. Seth became so jealous of his brother that he killed him to become the king of the Earth. Orisis was sent to the Underworld where he soon became ruler. Meanwhile Orisis’s son, Horus, overthrew Set to become the king of the Earth.
For our project, we made a board game. This board game is similar to “Candy Land” with Egyptian gods and goddesses lining the side as well as their Roman equivalents. There is also a bit of information about each god under an image of them.
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Detailed and a cool story, but it could've been longer and talked more about why you chose this.
ReplyDeleteI really liked this! It was very interesting to hear the story of Egyptian mythology.
ReplyDeleteVery mysterious story! Wish I could read more of it... and it would've been fun to see some pictures of the candy land game!
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