Religion 101( B.P.U) 2010 Egyptian Religion

Egyptian religion is one of dead religions among the other ancient religions. Egyptian religion was a polytheistic religion traditionally. Egyptian people had over 2000 gods and goddess waiting their believed system but most of gods had similar characteristic though majority of this god had similar characteristic. They appeared by various names at the begging Egypt kingdom was a collection of provincials states, therefore some gods and goddess were limited into this provincials states but one comment characteristic for all this gods worship that each god had a copy of opposite side.

Animals and birds had a great connection with Egyptian religion. All gods and goddess were symbolized on the earth by help of animals and birds. Birds, crocodiles, serpents, frogs, cows, monkeys and dogs and cats other some of creatures that use to represent Egyptian gods. Egyptian gods and goddess covered all part of World and human life. Gods represented various natural phenomena’s like sky, sun, moon, earth, sea and death. Egyptian people believed that gods rule the World but the life patens of these gods were very similar to human life style. Gods also had family life. They married and they have children like human beings. Gods harvest and hundred and they have foods and ceremony though the life style was similar to human beings. Gods had debate power.

Among over 2000 gods following gods very popular

1. Amun was the king of gods and he was advised for king.
2. Re- he is the Sun gods and he was the state God of all Egyptian kingdom. Re is father of human kind and he was the predictor of rules.
3. Sebec is the God of water. Sometimes, he represented sin and death.
4. Isis is the queen of gods she was mother goddess. She was Goddess of magic and fertility a husband Osiris and her son was Horus. Isis was the first daughter of Geb God of earth and Nut. The gods of sky.
5. Set is the God of storms. His parents were give and Nut. Nephthys was his wife and he was God of desert and darkness. Set killed his brother Osiris.
6. Osiris is God of the death and he had a green skin that skin is symbolized rebirth. Therefore, Osiris was the God of afterlife. He married his own sister. Osiris was killed by his brother Set. Osiris was merciful jubege of the death in the afterlife.
7. Aten was one of Sun God. He became very popular in the period of Pharaoh Akenaten (King). Pharaoh Akenaten abolished official worship God. Akenaten praised Aten as a creator and giver of life in this period. Aten was believed to one and only God in the World. Therefore, those Egyptians religion was polytheistic religion. It became monotheistic in this period.