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Spiritual Traditions

Djehuty (Thoth)

Ancient Egypt, c. 3000 BCE – 4th century CE; revived in modern Kemetic practice

Hermopolis and throughout Egypt (Kemet)

Djehuty, called Thoth by the Greeks, is the Egyptian deity of writing, wisdom, magic and the moon, shown as an ibis-headed man or baboon, who records the verdict at the weighing of the heart.

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Bronze figure of the ibis-headed god Thoth, 664–30 BCE, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. License: Public domain (CC0, Met Open Access).

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Sources

  1. World History Encyclopedia, "Thoth" (Reference)
  2. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Striding Thoth" (Primary source)
  3. Paul Harrison, Profane Egyptologists: The Modern Revival of Ancient Egyptian Religion (Routledge) (Scholarly)

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