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WEDJAT
Eye of Horus
Symbolises wholeness & restorative power – Often worn as a amulet to bring protection
SESHEN
Lotus Flower – Upper Egypt
Symbol of the sun, of creation & rebirth – At night the flower closes & sinks under water, at dawn it opens & rises again
ANKH
Key to hidden knowledge
The loop stands for the eternal soul that has no beginning or end and the cross represents the actual state of death
SHEN
Eternity & protection
Held by Gods & Goddesses indicating their connection to eternal life
OSIRIS
God of the after-life, the underworld & the dead - Masculine Energy – The cycles of nature birth, death & rebirth
The husband and brother of Isis and father of Horus
ISIS
A moon goddess who emobies femininity, motherhood, magic, healing, fertility & power
The wife and sister of Osiris and mother of Horus
THOTH
The God of high magic, manifestation, symbols, geometry, writing, music & astronomy.
Thoth was the scribe of the Gods and credited with being the inventor of writing in ancient Egypt
MAAT
The Goddess of Truth & Justice
Her symbol the feather, was used to weigh the heaviness of guilt or deceipt within a newly deceased soul’s heart on the scale of justice
SUN DISK & BULL HORNS
Duality – a union of opposites – Sun & Moon, Masculine & Feminine, life & death
ANUBIS
The god of mummification and protection of the dead for their journey into the afterlife.
Also involved with the weighing of the human heart at the time of death with Maat & Osiris
IB
Heart
Egyptians believed the heart not the mind to be the ruler of the human being & from where true wisdom and intelligence comes.
SHE
Water
The Egyptians believed water was the primeval matter from which all creation began
KHET
Lamp
Fire embodied the sun, and also played a part in their belief of the underworld which was inhabited by fire demons
NEBU
Gold - A divine metal, related to the brilliance of the sun. It represented immortality in the afterlife.