God of Intelligence | Thoth |
an ibis or a baboon ; these animals were sacred to him. His feminine counterpart was Seshat. He was often considered as the Heart and Tongue of the Sun God Ra.. . The ancient Egyptians, believed that the heart is the seat of intelligence, and is involved in the mind. Also, a reading of the inscriptions designates Thoth as the means by which Ra's will was translated into speech. "Nous" or the 'Mind' of God. In Egyptian mythology, he has played many vital and prominent roles in holding the (logical) order found in the universe. Specifically, Thoth is shown as one of the deities (the other being Ma'at.. ) standing on one side of the boat in which the Sun God 'Re' moves across the sky, to help guide RAe's boat through the 'dry air' and 'light' given by Shu. ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ /\ .in providing the arts of magic and science, in providing a writing system,. and in the judgment of the dead. (See: 'Weighing of the Heart,' below. ) ~~~~. Each is paired: "Nu" and Naunet [primordial waters], A'mun' and Amunet [air or invi- sibility], Kuk and Kauket [darkness], and: Huh and Hauhet [eternity or infinite space]. |
in one of his forms as an ibis-headed man. BACK ___________ writing one's thought and for doing math. |
Major cult center | Symbol | Parents | Consort |
Khemennu (aka: Hermopolis) |
the moon disk,
the papyrus scroll |
none (self-created),
[alt: Ra and Hathor or Set and Hathor] |
Seshat or Ma'at |
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Etymology
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ According to Theodor Hopfner, Thoth's Egyptian name written as ḏḥwty originated from ḏḥw, claimed to be the oldest known name for the ibis although normally writ- ten as hbj. The addition of -ty denotes that he possessed the attributes of the ibis. Hence his name means "He who is like the ibis". The Egyptian pronunciation of ḏḥwty is not fully known, but may be reconstructed as *ḏiḥautī, based on the Ancient Greek borrowing Θωθ Thōth or Theut and the fact that it evolved into Sahidic Coptic variously as Thoout, Thōth, Thoot, Thaut as well as Bohairic Coptic Thōout. The final '-y' may even have been pronounced as a consonant, not a vowel. However, many write "Djehuty", inserting the letter 'e' automatically between consonants in Egyptian words, and writing 'w' as 'u', as a convention of convenience for English speakers, not the transliteration employed by Egyptologists. |
Alternate names
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Djehuty is sometimes alternatively rendered as: Jehuti, Tahuti, Tehuti, Zehuti, Techu, or Tetu. Thoth (also Thot or Thout) is the Greek version deriv- ed from the letters ḏḥwty. |
Djehuti: |
An Ibis image of
~~~~~~~... the Deity Thoth~|Thut| => ~~~~~ ( Thut~Mos~is : nfr ~ khpr )| ~ may be evaluated as: ~ ~ Divine - Intelligence ~ ~~Birth~~-~~~Causes~ ~ : Focused~ - ~Engagement : .(with) .Beautiful ~ Creation. |
Thutmosis III |
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Egypt.: | Dj | H | (oo)w | t | iy(i) | [D] | ||||
Egypt.: | Dj(t) | H | u(h) | t | E | |||||
Also: | t | H | Oh(w) | t | ||||||
Hence, Gr.: 'Thoth' => ['T-h~Ohw~t(h)'] || [Eng.: 'o' = 'ah!' => 'Th~ah!~th'] || Alt.Sp. Gr.: 'Thut' |
The 'sense' of each image involved in the written hieroglyphic pattern translated as: 'Dj(-)~H~(oo)w:u(h)~t~iy(i)' may be evaluated as: | |||||||||||
Dj | H | (oo)w~u(h) | t | (i)y(i) | [n~t(h)~r] | conscious | connection | region ~ continuous[ly] | manifest | throughout duality | [ The God of: ] |
Not counting differences in spelling, Thoth had many names and titles, like other goddesses and gods.
Similarly, each Pharaoh [Egypt.: 'pr a~A'], considered a god himself, had five different names used in public. Accordingly, names for Thoth are A , Sheps, Lord of Khemennu, Asten, Khenti, Mehi, Hab, and A'an. In addition, Thoth was also known by specific aspects of himself, for instance the moon god Iah-Djehuty, representing the moon for the entire month, or as: 'it nTr' ['nether'], or 'god father.' The Greeks related Thoth to their god Hermes due to his similar attributes and functions. One of Thoth's cryptic titles, "Three times great, great" was translated to the Greek as: "τρισμεγιστος" (or: 'Tris-meg-is-tos') making the modern: 'Hermes Trismegistus.' |
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The major Gods are in
attendance above as Ma'at is observing the Weighing of the Heart. Ani's Heart is measured in comparison with the Shu Feather of Truth. Thoth, standing behind Anubis, makes a note of the measurement. Ani's Heart shows True; his Ba-Soul is Set Free. |
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.The Papyri of Ani..is showing: .... Wife . of .. Ani | . /Ma'at / . / Ani's Ba \ . A / Baboon \ sees the exact point. / Thoth \ notes the point |