skittles as egyptian gods; a thread

tw blood, mention of death and violence
disclaimer

this is a translation of a thread of mine in my sfw acc. woojn was still part of skittles, so I’ll keep him here. link for the original post: https://twitter.com/_theholder/status/1114660878668980224
• bng chn; ra •

god of the midday sun. he has so many faces, some are:

amon-ra, the creation;
atum-ra, primordial god and father of all deities;
ra-horakhty, the sun of horizons;
khepri e khnum, rising sun and e setting sun;
and raet, the feminine aspects of the sun.
• woojn; maat •

goddess of truth, harmony, justice and morality. the one who brings order to the initial chaos.

she has the “feather of truth", used in the ritual called ”weighing of the heart”. if their heart is lighter than the feather, they may receive the eternal life.
• mnho; bastet •

goddess of fertility, protector of homes, women and children. also, a warrior goddess, fighting for the pharaoh.

she’s always represented with a cat head. in her temples, felines were adored and mummified in her name.
• chngbin; seth •

god of chaos, destruction, violence and deserts. usually seen as an evil deity, but fights by ra’s side to defeat apophis, the incarnation of chaos.

the myth says seth disputed the celestial throne with his brother osiris, and killed him to reign.
• hyvnjin; nefertem •

god of beauty and perfumes. his name can mean: "the one who is beautiful", "lotus" or “absolute perfection". he’s also represented as the first sunshine.

nefertem was born in the waters of nile as a blue lotus during the process of creation.
• jisvng; sekhmet •

fierce warrior and goddess of healing, she can save men of deadly deceases.

sent by ra, sekhmet came to earth to kill men who didn’t follow the laws of the gods. however, bloodlust doomed her, and she only stopped after getting drunk with wine.
• fel!x; horus •

god of the sky, and related to pharaohs.

he fought against seth to revenge his father, osiris. he won and became the king of livings, but lost an eye — soon being substituted by an amulet.

the left eye (hurt one) means the moon, while the right eye, the sun.
• sevngmin; toth •

god of wisdom, knowledge, writing and, in the beginning, the deity of the moon.

he was the creator of hieroglyphs and was adored among scribes. he takes the credit of all egyptian discoveries about science, philosophy, religion and magic.
• jeongn; anubis •

first god of the dead, embalming, and mourning.

he mummified osiris’ body, the following deity of the dead. all funerary rituals are related to anubis.

he’s responsible for guiding souls through duat (the underworld) to their judgement.
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