Mythology and Paganism
An Egyptian myth from the late second millennium B.C, involves Bata, who hid his heart within a pine tree. The Ennead saw that Bata was lonely, and so they created a beautiful wife for him. Bata loved his wife, and fearing for her safety, he warned her never to leave their house, should the sea […]
One night set discovered the dead body of Osiris in the marshes, and tearing it to pieces, he scattered the limbs across Egypt.
Isis managed to reclaim all the body parts, except for the phallus, which had been swallowed by a fish. Anubis, the jackal-headed god of embalming and guide to the underworld, treated the body […]
An Egyptian magical text, that functioned as a remedy for snakebite (dating to about 1200 B.C), concerns the goddess Isis and how she obtained the hidden name of Ra.
The goddess was dissatisfied with the realm of mankind and desired to dwell among the gods. The elderly Ra, the self created creator of everything, would […]
An African (Ashanti) myth records that God separated himself from Mankind after an old woman carelessly injured him with her pestle. In a futile attempt to reunite heaven and earth, the old woman gathered together all her children, and stacking large numbers of mortars, one on top of another, contsructed a tall tower.
Only a single […]
A myth belonging to the Sudanese Dinka tribe tell the story of Abuk, the first woman who disobeys God. The High God permits the first man and his wife Abuk to plant one grain of millet a day which should of been enough to satisfy them. Abuk, however, is unsatisfied, and while planting more seeds […]
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