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In Egyptian mythology, '''Apis''' or '''Hapis''' (alternatively spelt Hapi-ankh), was a ...being the bulls Mnevis and Buchis.) Unlike the cults of most of the other Egyptian deities, the worship of the Apis bull was continued by the Greeks and after

*[[Ammit|Ammut]] ([[Egyptian mythology]]) *[[Apep]] (a.k.a. Apophis) ([[Egyptian mythology]])

...but misunderstood religion (e.g. Setianism, which conflates Satan with the Egyptian god [[Set]]); to the exaltation of hedonistic recreation, and the celebrati ...ure, or symbols in order to worship in a way antithetical to the Christian religion and worldview. "Satanism" as a word and as an "ism" is not often associate

...is also known as the "king of heaven" and the "first born son" of El, whom ancient Greeks identified with their god Kronos, just as Baal was identified with Z *There are also many similarities with the Egyptian chaos serpent, Apep and his animosity with the sun god Ra.

The '''Mummy''' is an ancient form of [[revenant]], brought back from the dead by powerful magic. When the Egyptian religion was first being developed, the people realized that they needed a way to pr

...ined some belief in an afterlife. This belief is usually manifested in a [[religion]], as it pertains to phenomena beyond the ordinary experience of the natura ...f can be found throughout the ancient world, especially in Greek and Roman religion, as well as in various Asian religions. To the extent that the afterlife i

[[Image:Mummy in Vatican.jpg|thumb|240px|An Egyptian mummy kept in the Vatican Museums.]] ...blackened skin bitumen was once thought to be used extensively in ancient Egyptian embalming procedures.

There are three types of sphinx as guardians in the egyptian statuary: Rarely was the Egyptian sphinx portrayed as a female. When it was, it symbolized Isis and/or the re

...s the Greek name for the ancient [[god]] in [[:Category:Egyptian mythology|Egyptian mythology]] whose hieroglyphic is more accurately spelt '''Anpu''' (also '' Prayers to Anubis have been found carved on the most ancient tombs in Egypt; indeed, the ''Unas'' text (line 70) associates him with the

...myths from a particular culture or religion (as in ''Greek mythology'', ''Egyptian mythology'' or ''Norse mythology'') or the branch of knowledge dealing with ...on| year=1992| pages= 8}}</ref> Most often the term refers specifically to ancient tales from very old cultures, such as Greek mythology or [[:Category:Roman

.... If reduced to the purely symbological, Pan would be the Greek form of an ancient, possibly pre- or proto-Indo-European, horned-man deity, who would evolve i Robert Graves (''The Greek Myths'') suggested that the Egyptian Thamus apparently misheard ''Thamus Pan-megas Tethnece'' ('the all-great Ta

In the book "Warlock" by ''Wilbur Smith'', the Egyptian slave Taita becomes "The Warlock", after spending years in the desert, stud ...', the warlock represents the "flower" of the Lotus Clan. The Lotus Clan's religion centers on three brothers that tend the Yin side of the Tree of Life, the T

Like many ancient mother or earth-goddesses she remains unmarried and has no regular consort. The pomegranate was seen by the Ancient Greeks as the fruit of the underworld, though it was also used as a love-gi

==Magic and religion== ...term "magic" became a negative term, and among the followers of the Judaic religion was recorded into Western history with its denigrating meaning. In times of

Scholars of religion hold that people in the time of the [[Hebrew Bible]] had beliefs and supers ...of humanity are derived from the mythology and folklore of the surrounding ancient near-eastern nations, such as Babylon, Sumerian and Akkadia. This is discus

...l Mountains. Biedermann wrote later that it has typological antecedents in ancient Asia, especially in the Assyrian k'rub, which is also the source of the Heb ...Kingdom, depictions of griffins included hunting scenes. Divine figures in egyptian mythology, despicted as griffins, include Sefer, Sefert, and Axex.

...rose in Western monotheism when Judaism came into contact with the Persian religion of Zoroastrianism. Much like classical monotheism, Zoroastrianism has one s ===Khemet (Ancient Egypt)===

*[[Aubis]] (Egyptian) *[[Osiris]] (Egyptian)