Ancient Egypt Flashcards
What effect did the annual flooding of the Nile river have on the ancient egyptian culture?
Nile was predictable. This made them believe that their gods were patient and loving.
Why is the Nile river significant?
Showed that the Egyptians appreciated their gods. It also encouraged trade and agriculture.
Retell the plot of the Osirin myth
Ra curses Nut for being pregnant with 3 different men’s children. He curses Nut so she will never give birth to her children and stay pregnant for ever. Thoth talks to the moon and convinces him to give them enough light to have each of the children. She gives birth to the children. Osiris is the king. Set is jealous and makes a box, tricks Osiris to go in it, trapped him in, and threw it in the river. Isis, Osiris’ wife, goes to find Osiris. The box is lodged in a tree which has been cut down to build a palace for a far away king. With the queens permission she removed the box from the tree it was lodged in. She buries her dead husband. She gives birth to his son, Horus. Her father Thoth tells her to hide her son from Set. Set found Osiris’ body and tore it up in 14 pieces. Isis found all of the pieces of his body and wrapped them together in cloth and brought Osiris back to life. Osiris became the god of the underworld. Horus went to avenge his fathers death. He took Set captive. Isis felt bad and told Horus to stop. Horus cuts off his mothers head. Thoth replaced her head with the head of a cow.
What is the role of the moon in the orsirin myth story?
The moon gives light so goddess can give birth to the children.
How does mummification relate to the Osirin myth?
Isis wraps osiris’s head in cloth after he is torn apart by set.
How does the Osirin myth relate to the Egyptian understanding of life after death?
Osiris is the god of the underworld.
How does the Osirin myth relate to the book of the dead?
Negative confessions are in the book of the dead and are necessary to go to the afterlife.
How does the osirin myth relate to the merging of upper and lower egypt?
Osiris was the first person to unite upper and lower Egypt
How does the osirin myth relate to the idea of having an elaborate sarcophagus?
Set killed Osiris in this
Who is Osiris in the osirin myth?
Son of Ra.
Ruler of Egypt
Married to Isis
Affair with nepthys.
Who is Set in the osirin myth?
The song of Geb
Very evil
Tries to kill osiris
Who is Tefnut in the Osirin myth?
Daughter of Ra
Mother of Nut and Geb
Who is Nut in the osirin myth?
Mother godess
Mother of the five children
Married to Ra
Has children with Geb, Thoth, and Ra
Who is Ra in the osirin myth?
The sun god
Husband of nut
Father of osiris and Horus the elder
Who is Thoth in the osirin myth?
God of wisdom and words
Father of Isis
Convinces the moon to give light to nut to have her babies
