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For other meanings of "Thoth", or of "Djehuti" and similar, see Thoth (disambiguation).God of Knowledge
Thoth
Major cult center
Hermopolis
Symbol
Moon disk, papyrus scroll
Consort
Seshat, Ma'at, Nehemtawy
Parents
None (self-created); alternatively Neith and Khnum or Ra or Horus and Hathor
Offspring
Seshat in some accounts
Thoth (/'?o??/ or /'to?t/; from Greek T?? th?th, from Egyptian ??wty, perhaps pronounced */t?'ihauti?/ or */?ihauti?/, depending on the phonological interpretation of Egyptian's emphatic consonants) was one of the deities of the Egyptian pantheon. 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 was Seshat, and his wife was Ma'at.Thoth's chief temple was located in the city of Khmun, later called Hermopolis Magna during the Greco-Roman era (in reference to him through the Greeks' interpretation that he was the same as their god Hermes) and Shmounein in the Coptic rendering, and was partially destroyed in 1826. In that city, he led the Ogdoad pantheon of eight principal deities. He also had numerous shrines within the cities of Abydos, Hesert, Urit, Per-Ab, Rekhui, Ta-ur, Sep, Hat, Pselket, Talmsis, Antcha-Mutet, Bah, Amen-heri-ab, and Ta-kens.Thoth played many vital and prominent roles in Egyptian mythology, such as maintaining the universe, and being one of the two deities (the other being Ma'at) who stood on either side of Ra's boat. In the later history of ancient Egypt, Thoth became heavily associated with the arbitration of godly disputes, the arts of magic, the system of writing, the development of science, and the judgment of the dead.
^ Wilkison, Richard H. (2003). The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, p. 166
^ Bleeker, C. J. (1973). Hathor and Thoth: Two Key Figures of the Ancient Egyptian Religion, pp. 121–123
^ Thutmose III: A New Biography By Eric H Cline, David O'Connor University of Michigan Press (January 5, 2006)p. 127
^ National Geographic Society: Egypt's Nile Valley Supplement Map. (Produced by the Cartographic Division)
^ National Geographic Society: Egypt's Nile Valley Supplement Map: Western Desert portion. (Produced by the Cartographic Division)
^ Miroslav Verner, Temple of the World: Sanctuaries, Cults, and Mysteries of Ancient Egypt (2013) 149
^ (Budge The Gods of the Egyptians Thoth was said to be born from the skull of set also said to be born from the heart of Ra.p. 401)
^ (Budge The Gods of the Egyptians Vol. 1 p. 400)
^ (Budge The Gods of the Egyptians Vol. 1 p. 405)
^ (Budge The Gods of the Egyptians Vol. 1 p. 414)
^ (Budge The Gods of the Egyptians p. 403)
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