Religion Flashcards
What types of religion?
Polytheistic
How many members of the original family?
9
What is the pantheon
All gods
What were gods associated with?
Nature, death, afterlife
How were gods dipicted
Typically with animal heads and human bodies
What were some ways of practicing religion?
Priests, ancestor, festivals, cults, oracles, superstitions
What’s an oracle
It gave people a chance to communicate with the gods and receive messages
What is a cult?
It devoted more time to popular gods during that period
What is the ankh
Sign of life/combats
What is the Ka
The spiritual double of a person that lived in the soul after the body died, created by khnums potters wheel
What is the Ba
The persons personality that entered at birth, represented by a bird headed person
Why are the ba and Ka important?
They needed to be returned at death in order to ensure the person was preserved
isi
Wife of Osiris, divine mother of canoptic jars
Who was the pharaoh who created a monotheistic religion!
Ahknaton
What did ahknaton believe?
He promoted the religion of the god atom instead of Amon-re
