RebeccaL

= Ibis the creator =

Thoth was a moon god, he had an ibis head and could also been seen as an ape or a dog faced ape because of what his faced looked like. He is often seen wearing a lunar disk and cressent on his head or the Atef crown. He can also sometimes been known as Tenuti if he is not refereed as Thoth. Thoth who was believed to have written important religious texts such as The Book of the Dead. Thoth was known as the god of wisdom and the creator of spoken and written languages. Also he is credited for creating astronomy, Geometry and medicine.



** WORKSPACE **
 * __Glossary of Terms for Ancient Egyptian Religion__**
 * 1) Polytheism - This is the belief of many gods
 * 2) Monotheism- The belief of one god.
 * 3) Myth- A myth is a famous legend past on for years
 * 4) Temple- The place where you would go to worshipe the gods.
 * 5) Worship- Worship is to praise the gods.
 * 6) Deity- Deity is a nother word for god or godess
 * 7) Mythology- Is the study of myths and legends.

In ancient egyptian times they believed in Polytheism. Although some people would belive in Monotheism. This is the belief of one or many gods. The peolple of egypt would go and worship and pray to another god at a temple. They would show there respect for the gods by praying. They world either pray for a god or a deity meaning goddess. Many myths are still around from the ancient egyptian times. Now days we have poeple studying mythology (the study of myths and legends) and find out more about the life in ancient egypt.

=Researching & Note-taking=

Bibliography Britanica, E. (n.d.). //Thoths page//. Retrieved August 24th, 2010, from Enclyclopedia Britanica: http://www.school.eb.com.au/comptons/search?query=thoth&ct=
 * Key Points from Encyclopedia Britannica**
 * the ibis-headed gODd)
 * God of Wisdom (R)
 * earliest Egyptian gods (I)
 * scribe of the gods (R)
 * the author of their ‘Book of the Dead'. (I)
 * Thoth was usually portrayed as a human male figure with the head of an ibis (D)
 * he carried the ankh, the symbol of life (I)


 * Key Points from Books- Egyptian Mythology ,By Richard Patrick**
 * The curved Beak like a creasent moon.
 * He gave the egyptians knowledge and writing, medicine,mathematic and was the patron of the scribes.


 * Top TEN Key Points**
 * 1) The ibis-headed (d)
 * 2) God of Wisdom (R)
 * 3) Earliest Egyptian gods (I)
 * 4) Scribe of the gods (R)
 * 5) The author of their ‘Book of the Dead'. (I)
 * 6) Thoth was usually portrayed as a human male figure with the head of an ibis (D)
 * 7) He carried the ankh, the symbol of life (I)
 * 8) Some people know him as the moon and others as the moons guardian.
 * 9) Thoth is also knwon as the prtector of the moon.
 * 10) Thoth also accompanies different moon gods.

=REFLECTION=

Thoth reaveals many things about ancient egyptian times. The citizins well respected him as a successful god and would pray to him often.He was one of the earlyiest egyptian gods which is one ofthe reasons why is he well known. The citizens of egypt also like thoth as god because he carried an ankh (the smbol of life) which was very important to the people. Thoth associates with different gods he mainly accompanies the moon gods. He also shows us that the egyptians lived in different ways. Some are wealthier than others and are better off, with better homes and more food and water to have. Although soem peoplewere much poorer and had not many good fcaitlities ,homes or food.
 * What does your god reveal about Egyptian society?**

//You might like to think about what it tells us about Ancient Egyptian//
 * Beliefs
 * Lifestyle
 * Values
 * What is important to society / people of the time.

=**EVALUATION**=

What did you enjoy most about this task? I enjoyed this task alot. The thing i enjoyed the most was researching about a god i didnt know and finding out intresting things about it. What did you enjoy least about this task? The things i didnt enjoy about this task was how it takes a long time to prepare What did you find the most challenging?