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**Thoth**




 * Thoth God of Egypt **

**Thoth**, also pronounced as **Thot** or **Thout**, was the God of the moon. When shown or drawn he is often shown with a Irbs head or in some occasions with a crescent moon head to show that he is the God of the Moon. He was also the God of Knowledge, Wisdom and Magic as he was said to be the creator of writing and languages in the form of hieroglyphics. **Thoth** was the Wisest God of Egypt for he had absolute knowledge of all arts and science including arithmetic, surveying, geography, astronomy, soothsaying, magic, medicine, music, drawing and writing. .

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 * __ Books: __**
 * Roberts, Bernard,**
 * (2003) Mythology: myths, legends, & Fantasies,**
 * Cheers,****Gordon,**
 * Australia,** **Sydney**

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 * 1) **Polytheism** - The Worship or the Belief in a God or many God's
 * 2) **Monotheism** - To believe in only ONE God and none others
 * 3) **Myth** - A legend or story about a event, place, person that might have been passed around or passed down the family
 * 4) **Temple** - A place/house of great worship for God's
 * 5) **Worship** - To Respect and honor a God, Place, Person or object
 * 6) **Deity** - A God or a Goddess
 * 7) **Mythology** - the science or study of a myth
 * 8) **God** - the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
 * 9) **Heliopolis** - An Ancient ruined City in the north of Egypt near the Nile Delta
 * 10)  **Deciphering** - To make meaning of something

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 * Key Points from Encyclopedia Britannica **
 * ** Role/Job ** - **Thoth** is the God of the moon
 * ** Role/Job ** - The Irbs-headed God, **Thoth**, was the God of Wisdom, Intelligence and magic
 * ** Depiction / Description ** - He was said to be the creater of writing and languages in the form of hieroglyphics.


 * Key Points form Facts on File **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Role/Job **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> - Some myths cast **Thoth** as the actual Moon, and in others he is the Moon's guardian. When he is the actual Moon, **Thoth** is frequently called "Lunar-**Thoth**."

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 * Key Points from Encyclopedia Mythica **
 * ** Interesting Fact **- [[image:http://www.pantheon.org/images/glyphs/thoth.gif width="34" height="37" caption="The name of Thoth in hieroglyphs"]]
 * ** Interesting Fact ** - <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Thoth** was identified by the Greeks with their own god Hermes. For this reason **Thoth's** center of worship is still known to us today as Hermopolis.


 * Key Points from King Tut **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">Depiction / Description **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">: **Thoth** was depicted with the body of a man and the head of Ibis. **Thoth** was also depicted as an ape
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">Mythical Family or Relatives: **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"> **Thoth** was believed to have saved the God young Horus from the evil God Seth


 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Interesting Story **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> - Legend tells that the jealous God Seth murdered his brother Osiris, the father of Horus. Horus was a weak child and constantly threatened by the evil Seth who sent who sent serpents and monsters to attack him. Horus was saved twice by **Thoth**, the God of Wisdom. When Horus reached maturity he fought with Seth to avenge the death of his father Osiris. They fought for three before **Thoth** intervened and took them to the Court of Truths in the Underworld where Seth was found to be the guilty party.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Interesting Story **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> - Legend tells that the jealous God Seth murdered his brother Osiris, the father of Horus. Horus was a weak child and constantly threatened by the evil Seth who sent who sent serpents and monsters to attack him. Horus was saved twice by **Thoth**, the God of Wisdom. When Horus reached maturity he fought with Seth to avenge the death of his father Osiris. They fought for three before **Thoth** intervened and took them to the Court of Truths in the Underworld where Seth was found to be the guilty party.


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Key Points from Anubis - Thoth AKA Thot, Thout
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Interesting Fact **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> - **Thoth** had absolute knowledge of all arts and sciences including arithmetic, surveying, geography, astronomy, soothsaying, magic, medicine, surgery, music, drawing, and writing.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">**<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Interesting Fact **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> - **Thoth** was said to have a vault of all his teachings and writings. In this vault were all the magical formulas to control all the elements in our world. He was the first known magician, and therefore had many disciples. Most of his students said they knew of this vault, and they tried deciphering the coded books, however no one was successful.
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Family - **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">In ancient books of the pyramids **Thoth** is known as the oldest son of Ra. He is also written as the child of Geb and Net. The brother of Isis, Set, Nephthys, and depending on who you ask Osiris. Normally **Thoth** is not associated with the Osiris family, some people think the word for family doesn't have the same meaning as our word for "family".

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 * Key Points from Books - Mythology: myths, legends, & Fantasies**
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Interesting Facts **- **Thoth** was revered in Middle Egypt, in location today known as Ashmunein.
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Interesting Facts - **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **Thoth** was the record- keeper for the dead at the time of their judgment before Osiris did with the scales.

__** Top TEN Key Points **__
 * 1) [[image:http://www.pantheon.org/images/glyphs/thoth.gif height="38" caption="The name of Thoth in hieroglyphs"]]
 * 2) **Thoth** is the God of the moon
 * 3) The Irbs-headed God was the God of Wisdom, Intelligence and magic
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some myths cast **Thoth** as the actual Moon, and in others he is the Moon's guardian. When he is the actual Moon, **Thoth** is frequently called "Lunar-**Thoth.**"
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">**Thoth** was believed to have saved the God young Horus from the evil God Seth
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">**Thoth** was depicted with the body of a man and the head of Ibis. **Thoth** was also depicted as an ape
 * 7) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Thoth** was the record- keeper for the dead at the time of their judgment before Osiris did with the scales.
 * 8) **Thoth** was revered in Middle Egypt, in location today known as Ashmunein.
 * 9) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">In ancient books of the pyramids **Thoth** is known as the oldest son of Ra. He is also written as the child of Geb and Net. The brother of Isis, Set, Nephthys, and depending on who you ask Osiris. Normally **Thoth** is not associated with the Osiris family, some people think the word for family doesn't have the same meaning as our word for "family".
 * 10) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Thoth** had absolute knowledge of all arts and sciences including arithmetic, surveying, geography, astronomy, soothsaying, magic, medicine, surgery, music, drawing, and writing.

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 * What does your god reveal about Egyptian society? ** //(Length - 1 Paragraph )//

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 * What is important to society / people of the time.

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What did you enjoy most about this task? ** We got to learn more about the god's of Ancient Egyptians and I like learning about God's the most. I also like how it was something different not like an every day class it was fun to design a wiki and find the information on a God or Goddess of your choice ** What did you enjoy least about this task? ** Defining the words was what I like the least. I know it was part of the lesson to define these words so that we knew what they meant but I personally dislike define words. I also disliked putting each point into a categories. ** What did you find the most challenging? **Seeing as I only got one lessen to do this, it was learning what to do and what information is the best to select for this task. I also found it hard to find websites that had what I needed other than the websites selected like Britannica and Facts on File. Saying all this what i found the MOST challenging was the **