Thoth

Thoth is one of the many Ancient Egyptian gods. Though he is not a widely known god, he is still very important in Ancient Egyptian religion. Thoth has many depictions as animals and has invented a lot of Ancient Egyptian tools that they used in their daily life. Such as all human knowlegde.

Thoth is described as two different animals, the Ibis and the baboon. He is also depicted wearing various crowns. **At first, the Ibis was to represent wisdom.** Then, after they realized the long, curved beak resembled a moon, they associated Thoth as being the moon god. Along with being the god of wisdom, the Ancient Egyptians found that the dog-faced baboon, was smart and cunning. Therefore, they also depicted Thoth as this animal. In Ancient Egyptian art, Thoth is also depicted with wearing a crown. There are three different crowns that he is shown wearing: the Respective Gods Headress, Atef crown, and the United crowns. Like some of the other gods, he is depicted as an animal or wearing different crowns to show his authority.


 * As the god of wisdom, Thoth must control all of his jobs. He must be a scribe, peace keeper, and give humans the guidance they need.** Thoth is the patron god of scribes. He created the Egyptian alphabet or hieroglyphs. He taught the importance of keeping records and writing. Thoth was also thought of as being the peace keeper. In mythology, it is said that in order to keep things equal between gods, that if one was injured he would heal them to keep one from overpowering the other. The most important job he had, was to give all great kings and officials great knowledge. Aside from writing, Thoth also created science, math and, medicine. The Ancient Egyptians thought that without Thoth, they would have no knowledge of the tools they created to survive.

Thoth is one of the most important gods the Ancient Egyptians had ever had. Without him, the Ancient Egyptians would've not kept records of their great civilization. There would have no knowledge of anything at all. Also they wouldn't have a moon god. Therefore, Thoth is an important god but he is a not widely known god.

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