| By far, the ancient Egyptian culture represents one | | | | had a wolf's head. Some gods were identified with |
| of the least understood and most interesting facets | | | | multiple animals, as well, such as Thoth, who was |
| of beliefs throughout human history. In this article, | | | | associated with the ibis, the baboon, and the moon. |
| we'll give you a basic idea of what modern day man | | | | The creationist beliefs of the Egyptians varied from |
| knows about what the ancient Egyptians put their | | | | tribe to tribe. Some felt that the god Khnum had built |
| faith in.Our understanding of Egyptian religion is far | | | | the world on a potter's wheel, while others felt that |
| from complete. Many of the things that we know | | | | the existence of the universe was due to the spiritual |
| about their religion seem incomplete; we seem to | | | | thought of the god Ptah.Organized religion found its |
| have found alternate gods they've worshipped that | | | | way into Egypt at around 3200 BC, when Egypt |
| served the same purposes, as well as conflicting | | | | became organized as a state. Many of the gods that |
| stories about what they believed about how the | | | | the ruling class were in favor of received the most |
| world was formed. While our knowledge is somewhat | | | | acclaim throughout the land, with the god Amon |
| lacking, we'll focus on what we do know.Many | | | | receiving much more acclaim than he had previously. |
| researchers feel that one of the most basic forms of | | | | The Egyptian religious experience was unique in that |
| religious identity that the Egyptians performed was | | | | over time, the ruling class had the power to directly |
| the worship of animals. The tribes of Egypt that | | | | influence which gods received the most praise. As |
| existed pre-dynasty often worshipped different | | | | time changed, different gods came into the limelight. |
| animals as gods that represented their feelings of | | | | Any way you put it, we still don't have a concrete |
| which animal was in most relation to their way of life. | | | | knowledge of the beliefs held by these ancient |
| Many of these gods were shown in pictures and | | | | peoples. Hopefully, time and exploration can help us |
| writings to have an animal head on a human body, | | | | to clear up many of the difficult questions posed by |
| with an example being Ophois, the god of war, who | | | | Egyptian religion. |