HUMANITIES 101

Humanities 101



Humanities 101

The Gods and Goddesses of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece

Egypt

GOD / GODDESS

Characteristics

God: Osiris

He was thought of as an earthly god-king who had undergone death and been restored to immortality in the underworld. In many ways, Osiris and the sun-god are counterparts. This concept introduces us to one of the characteristics of Egyptian thought: the emphasis on duality and the need to reconcile opposing principles. The forces, which reconciled these opposites, were ma'at, a concept embracing truth, justice and harmony, and which could be personified as a goddess in its own right (Assmann 2001).

Goddess: East (Isis)

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