m. aziz. p. a aditya. j.w most of ancient egyptians mainly follow ‘polytheistic’. but then when...
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Most of Ancient Egyptians mainly follow ‘polytheistic’. But then when King Akhenaken and Queen Nefertiti reign, the Ancient Egyptians follow monotheistic. Then when King Tutankhamun came in to reign, Ancient Egyptian back to follow polytheistic. Polytheism MonotheismTRANSCRIPT
ANCIENT EGYPTIANS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS/ GODS AND GODDESSES
M. Aziz. P. A Aditya. J.W
WHAT RELIGIONS DID PEOPLE FOLLOW?
Most of Ancient Egyptians mainly follow ‘polytheistic’. But then when King Akhenaken and Queen Nefertiti reign, the Ancient Egyptians follow monotheistic. Then when King Tutankhamun came in to reign, Ancient Egyptian back to follow polytheistic.
Polytheism
Monotheism
WHAT IS POLYTHEISM & MONOTHEISM?
‘Poly’ means ‘more than one’, and ‘Theism’ means ‘God’. So polytheism means believe in more than one god.
‘Mono’ means one, and ‘theism’ means ‘Gods’. So monotheism means believe in one god.
HOW RELIGION SO INFLUENTIAL TO THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS LIVE EVERYDAY?
Influence of Ancient Egyptian religion is the welfare
of their lives.
Ancient Egypt following the Egyptian superstition like knocking on a wall at the temple to tell
the god something.
NOTES: Sorry, can’t find a good information!!! LOL
GODS AND GODDESSES
AnuketGoddess of Nile River
GebGod of the Earth
KhonsuGod of the moon
RaGod of the sun
HorusGod of the sky
OsirisGod of underworld and afterlife. Seshat
God of writing
OTHERAfter the New Kingdom, the pharaoh's
role as spiritual intermediaries began to diminish along with
the custom to worship god directly, without intermediaries.
On the other hand, the priests developed a forecasting
system (oracle) to communicate directly to the public desire god.
BIBLIOGRAPHY • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytheism• www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/home.html• wiki.answers.com• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotheism