Deities – Page 2 – The Archaeology of Ancient Magic

Pantheistic Bes

This ancient bronze statuette showsa composite deity with the attributesof various individual gods: the face of the god Bes, the twin plumes and the ram…

“The Book of Knowing the Creations of Re and of Felling Apep”

From the Bremner-Rhind Papyrus, Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, 305 – 30 B.C. “The Book of knowing the creations of Re and of felling Apep. Recite: Thus…

The Archaeology of Ancient Magic - Egyptian Decans Quote Celsus

The Egyptian Decans

“In his polemical work against Christianity, written in 178, the Greek philosopher Celsus (in Origen C.Cels. 8.58) wrote that according to the Egyptians every part…

Iaô

Iaō is one of the most frequently mentioned higher powers in the Greek magical papyri. The name also occurs frequently on textual artefacts, but it…

The Archaeology of Ancient Magic - Statuette of Osiris - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 61.45, Public Domain

Statuette of Osiris (with video)

Osiris is most often represented as a shrouded mummy, emphasizing his connection with the dead. He holds a flail and a short shepherd’s crook, insignia…

Ancient Egyptian Faience Amulet of Pataikos

Pataikos was a protective deity worshipped in ancient Egypt. He was closely associated with “Horus the Child”, the god Aha, and Aha’s later form Bes.…

Statuette of the God Ptah

According to Memphite theology, Ptah was the main Creator God. He created himself from himself and was named “father of the gods, from whom all…

Cedar panel from a Hathor Column

This is a phantastic, high quality photograph of a cedar panel from a Hathor column from Egypt. The goddess is here depicted with cow ears.…

The Archaeology of Ancient Magic - Neheb-Kau - The Metropolitan Museum of Art 10.130.2440

Neheb-Kau – An Ancient Egyptian Primordial Snake God, ca. 664-30 B.C., Egypt

Nehebkau is a primordial snake deity. His name means “the one who assigns/equips with Kas”. He is described in ancient Egyptian texts as the lord…

Abrasax

Heliotrope, 2nd – 4th century, findspot unknown Abrasax is one of the youngest deities in Graeco-Egyptian magic, he has no Egyptian, Greek, Jewish, or other…