Mythology

[|www.egyptianmyths.net] [|www.reshafim.org] -Stephanie The Story of Re: Story of creation, Re's revenge of mankind and how Isis tricked Re into telling her his secret name.

 Isis and Osiris :  Seth murdered Osiris and how Horus avenged his father.

T he Seven Year Famine : How Khnemu saved Egypt from the ravages of a seven year long famine.

T he Princess of Bekhten : How the god of the moon, Khonsu saved the life of a princess during the 19th Dynasty.

T he Prince and the Sphinx : How a prince became king when he promised to do the famous Great Sphinx of Giza a favor (1405 BC)...

T he Doomed Prince : Unfinished fable of a prince who is doomed to die.

T he Peasant and the Workman : 12th Dynasty tale of a peasant on a quest for justice.

T he Golden Lotus : Magical 4th Dynasty story reminiscent of the famous parting of the Red Sea by Moses in the Bible.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">T he Girl with the Rose-Red Slippers : <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Perhaps the first "Cinderella" fable ever told! It was recorded during the 26th dynasty

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">T he Greek Princess : <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Egyptian view of the Trojan War!

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">T he Shipwrecked Sailor : <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Incredible tale of the lone survivor of a shipwreck.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">T he Book of Thoth : <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Story of two men who sought the book written by the hand of Thoth containing all the wisdom of the world.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">T he Great Queen Hatshepsut : <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Taken from her temple at Deir-El-Bahri, this myth relates the official story of Hatshepsut's conception and birth.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Isis and the Seven Scorpions : <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Short myth adds to Isis' reputation as the goddess 'great in magic.'

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Se-Osiris and the Sealed Letter : <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Story of how a young magician foiled an Ethiopian plot against Egypt.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">T he Land of the Dead : <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Myth of the only two people to visit the Duat, the land of the dead, and return to tell all about it.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">T he Adventures of Sinuhe : <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Story of Sinuhe - an official of Pharaoh's court who goes on the run when the king is assassinated.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">T he Treasure Thief : <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Legend of the Treasure Thief who outwitted Rameses III.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Bulfinch's Mythology: Egyptian Deities : <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Bulfinch's take on Egyptian mythology. It is very Greek-oriented, for example Seth is called Typhon. He gives the myth of Isis and Osiris, information about the Apis bull and other writers' views on Egyptian gods.