BY MAKAYLA B. – 11 YEARS OLD
Every culture has its own God(s) and Goddesses, but how much do we know about these all-powerful and all-mighty beings?
Not many sources have accurate information about God(s) and Goddesses from the past, but pretty accurate information on current God(s) and Goddesses and religious beliefs.
The Egyptians had many Gods and Goddesses. Each God or Goddess represented, controlled, or had the power. The Egyptian God Ra is the God of the sun. Osiris is the son of Geb (the God of earth), and Nut (the Goddess of the sky) after he was killed and brought back to life he became the God of death.
Osiris’s wife, Isis, is the Goddess of magick. The son of Osiris and Isis, Horus, is the God of the sky, after his uncle, Set, killed his father, ending Osiris’s reign. Horus got revenge and killed Set. Many Gods and Goddesses suffered the consequences of Osiris’s death because Osiris couldn’t retain the throne. Horus then ruled as pharaoh. Since then, other pharaohs considered themselves descendants of Horus. Nephthys (the Goddess of the rivers) was the wife of Set, sister to Isis. Nephthys had helped Isis revive Osiris. Of course, there had to be a God of chaos, storms, evil, and dessert! No not that type of dessert, I mean the desert type very sandy, not sugary.
As a result of Set’s evilness, Osiris probably perished in agony. Even if all the Gods and Goddesses teamed up they couldn’t evade Osiris’s death. Set even had a partner in evil and crime; his name was Ammit, The Devourer of Souls. Anyone who Ammit met he welcomed them by afflicting and wounding them.
All right so you know a little bit about the major Gods and Goddesses, but what about the others that are minor gods and goddesses? Check in with me next edition!
