2) ApepĪpep is a giant snake from the Void that has always existed and will always exist.Īpep's goal is to return the world to the state it was in before the coming of Atum and especially of the creator god Ra. It is on this journey through the Underworld that he encounters each day the evil god we will present now: the serpent god Apep. To achieve this end, every day Ra travels the world from east to west (the Sun rising in the east) to bring mortals the light they need.īecause the world is flat according to the ancient Egyptians, at night Ra must pass beneath the Earth to return to his original position (the east of the Earth). In order that all these life forms may live, grow and prosper, Ra will set himself the task of illuminating them with the Sun he carries on his head. From this tear will be born all forms of mortal life: humans as well as animals and plants of all kinds. Immensely proud of the family of gods he has created, Ra lets a tear escape from his left eye. II) The primordial function of Ra in the Egyptian Universe As for them, Geb and Nut will have four children: Osiris, Set, Isis, and Nephthys. Shu and Tefnut will have two children: Geb (the incarnation of the earth) and Nut (the starry sky). By harmoniously mixing the ocean and the Void, he gives birth to air (in the form of the god Shu) and heat (in the form of the goddess Tefnut). Thus, Ra immediately created the conditions that would allow life to come into the Universe. Indeed, Ra had sensed the great distress of Atum, who had not been able to create the Universe on his own. On this tiny island, a falcon-headed god appeared on his own, carrying the Sun on his head.
However, he tried all the same and used all the energy he possessed to bring a tiny island out of the ocean. Atum was too weak to single-handedly shape the Universe. Originally, there were only two elements in the entire Universe: an infinite ocean covering the lower half of the Universe and the "Void" covering the other half of the Universe.Īfter an infinite number of contacts between the original ocean and the original Void, an entity representing the desire for creation emerged: Atum. Ra is the god of gods of ancient Egypt: according to Egyptian mythology, he is the creator of the Universe and all the divine or mortal life forms that inhabit it. 1) Ra I) The creation of all the other gods by Ra Let's begin without further ado by discovering the first of these gods and the creator of the Egyptian world: Ra, the falcon Sun god. The other important gods: Khepri, Amun, Ptah, Taweret, and Sobek.The gods Anubis, Thoth, and Ammit involved in the judgment of the Egyptian dead.The gods Set, Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, and Horus involved in the tragedy called "myth of Osiris".
An important event in Norse mythology is the Æsir-Vanir War which ultimately resulted in the unification of the gods. In Norse Mythology the original inhabitants of Valhalla were the Æsir (gods) and Ásynjur (goddesses), but they were not the first divinities the Nordic races worshiped because they also recognized the power of the gods of the sea, the wind, the forests, and the forces of nature, known as the Vanir.
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