Curated category
Falcon deities
- FreyjaThe Old Norse word Freyja translates directly to mean lady or mistress. This transparent meaning appears in the dictionary entry for the feminine noun.
- HorusThe name Horus appears in Egyptian hieroglyphs as with the original pronunciation reconstructed for Old and early Middle Egyptian.
- PtahA hymn from the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt declares that Ptah crafted the world in the design of his heart. The Shabaka Stone, dating to the Twenty-Fifth…
- RaIn the beginning, there was only Nun, a vast mass of watery chaos filling the universe. No land existed yet, and no life stirred within that dark expanse.
- NephthysThe Greek name Nephthys derives from the Egyptian phrase nbt-ht, which translates to Lady of the House or Lady of the Temple.