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Thot
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Thoth (from , borrowed from , , the reflex of "[he] is like the ibis") is an ancient Egyptian deity. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon, animals sacred to him. His feminine counterpart is Seshat, and his wife is Ma'at. He is the god of the Moon, wisdom, knowledge, writing, hieroglyphs, science, magic, art, and judgment.
Thoth is an ancient Egyptian god associated with wisdom, knowledge, writing, and the moon, typically shown in art as a man with the head of an ibis or baboon. He matters as a central figure in Egyptian religion and culture, representing intellectual and creative pursuits that were vital to ancient Egyptian civilization.
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Egyptian
- Deity.name
- Thoth
- Deity.hiero
- G26-t:Z4-A40 or D-H-w-t:Z4-R8
- Deity.image
- Thoth.svg
- Deity.image_upright
- 1.0
- Deity.alt
- Thoth
- Deity.caption
- Thoth, in one of his forms as an ibis-headed man
- Deity.cult_center
- Hermopolis
- Deity.symbol
- Ibis, moon disk, papyrus scroll, reed pens, writing palette, stylus, baboon, scales
- Deity.consort
- Maat, Seshat, Nehmetawy
- Deity.offspring
- Seshat
- Deity.Greek_equivalent
- Hermes
- Deity.Roman_equivalent
- Mercury
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lunar deity
- Part of
- Egyptian mythology
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Nehmetawy
- Field of work
- Egyptian mythology
- Image
- Thoth.svg
- Said to be same as
- Hermes
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- Commons category
- Thoth
- topic's main category
- Category:Thoth
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- worshipped by
- Ancient Egypt
- different from
- Thout
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Article · Svenska
Thot är i egyptisk mytologi en mångud och i denna egenskap måttets och i sammanhang därmed räknekonstens, vetenskapens och konstens representant. Han är även skrivkonstens beskyddare, "de heliga ordens herre", tillsammans med gudinnan Seshat. Guden Horus och Osiris och Guden Thot hade en strid och till slut så vann Horus och Osiris men Horus fick betala med sitt öga för att vinna. Efter detta så helade Thot, Horus öga Thot framträder i konsten vanligtvis i gestalt av en man med huvudet av en ibis. Antikens greker identifierade Thot med sin gud Hermes, Hermes Trismegistos.
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