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In the 2016 film Gods of Egypt, Thoth is played by Chadwick Boseman. [45] Thoth is a recurring character in The Kane Chronicles book series. [citation needed] Thoth appears in the 2021 comic book series God of War: Fallen God, [46] which is based on the God of War video game franchise. In the 2002 Ensemble Studios game Age of Mythology, Thoth ...
The fictional Book of Thoth appears in an ancient Egyptian short story from the Ptolemaic period, known as "Setne Khamwas and Naneferkaptah" or "Setne I". The book, written by Thoth, contains two spells, one of which allows the reader to understand the speech of animals, and one which allows the reader to perceive the gods themselves.
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Thoth, originally a moon deity, later became the god of knowledge and wisdom and the scribe of the gods; Sia, the deification of wisdom; Isis, goddess of wisdom, magic and kingship. She was said to be "more clever than a million gods". Seshat, goddess of wisdom, knowledge, and writing. Scribe of the gods.
Seshat was closely associated with Thoth (Djehuty in ancient Egyptian), the reckoner of time and god of writing who was also venerated as a god of wisdom, with whom he shared some overlapping functions. She was variously considered to be the sister, wife, or daughter of Thoth. [1] Seshat is the inventor of writing and Thoth taught writing to man.
The syncretism between Thoth and Khonsu also extended to a fusion of Hathor-within-the-Benenet with Seshat and Maat, the two traditional consorts of Thoth. An ancient text describes them as the "two divine beings originating from Ra": one symbolizing the embodiment of Ra's contemplative heart and the tongue through which the word is spoken, and ...
Thamus was a mythical Pharaoh of Upper Egypt, and appears in Plato's dialogue Phaedrus.According to the story told by Socrates in that dialogue, King Thamus received from the god Thoth the knowledge of writing, but decided not to use it too often, as he reckoned this will damage the ability to remember extensively.
Many Egyptian gods can manifest in a baboon aspect or have other associations with the animal, including Hapy, a god who protects the canopic jar containing the lungs after embalming. [5] Khonsu, a god known as “eater of hearts” in the Pyramid Texts. [6] Thoth, a god of reason and writing: “And so the Baboon of Thoth came into being ...