The Ancient Egyptian God of Writing and Wisdom, Thoth

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Kelly Macquire
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published on 08 August 2022

Thoth is the ancient Egyptian god of wisdom, magic, writing and the moon and was one of the most important gods of the Egyptian pantheon. As the son of gods representing order and chaos, he was also considered the god of equilibrium which in turn means he was often associated with Ma’at, the concept of harmony and balance, and the goddess of the same name who personified these principles (and was sometimes depicted as his wife).

Thoth’s Egyptian name was Djehuty which means He Who is Like the Ibis, and the Ibis bird was sacred in ancient Egypt as well as a popular pet and associated with wisdom. Thoth is often depicted with the head of an ibis and the body of a man, or as a seated baboon sometimes with, and sometimes without, the lunar disk over his head, since he was a lunar deity. As the god of wisdom, he is also credited with being the creator of many different branches of knowledge including law, philosophy, religion, science, magic and writing. As the creator of the written language, Thoth was also linked with the concept of fate and, like Seshat, knew the present, as well as the future and they both, wrote down the fate of humans, and of kings.

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— CHAPTERS —
0:00​ Introduction
1:03 The Ancient Egyptian God Thoth
3:30 Thoth in Ancient Egyptian Myths
6:12 The Worship of Thoth
8:01 Outro

— WANT TO KNOW MORE? —
Thoth https://www.worldhistory.org/Thoth/
Prayer to Thoth for Skill in Writing https://www.worldhistory.org/article/976/prayer-to-thoth-for-skill-in-writing/
Egyptian Gods - The Complete List https://www.worldhistory.org/article/885/egyptian-gods—the-complete-list/
Seshat https://www.worldhistory.org/Seshat/
Ancient Egyptian Religion https://www.worldhistory.org/Egyptian_Religion/
Egyptian Book of the Dead https://www.worldhistory.org/Egyptian_Book_of_the_Dead/
Ancient Egyptian Writing https://www.worldhistory.org/Egyptian_Writing/

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Kelly Macquire
Kelly is a graduate from Monash University who has completed her BA (Honours) in Ancient History and Archaeology, focussing on iconography and status in Pylos burials. She has a passion for mythology and the Aegean Bronze Age.

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