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PurposeProtectionHealingSeeing and foretellingLuck and prosperityLove and attractionCursing and harmCleansing and purificationSpeaking with spirits and the deadChange and initiationBinding and oathsPower and authorityWonder and entertainment
WhoShamansFolk healersPriests and ritual specialistsWitches, sorcerers and cunning folkDiviners and readersMediums and the possessedCeremonial magicians and alchemistsHouseholds and ordinary peopleStage magiciansScholars and sceptics
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馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt and 1 moreAncient Egyptian religion
Polytheistic worship, divine kingship, and funerary rites along the NileTradition 路 Protection 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead Historical
馃嚜馃嚞 EgyptHeka岣隃
The ancient Egyptian deification of magic, medicine, and primordial creative powerBeing 路 Healing 路 Protection Historical
馃嚜馃嚞 EgyptDjed岣廳
An ancient Egyptian pillar symbol representing stability and resurrectionCharm 路 Protection 路 Power and authority Historical
馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt and 2 moreIsis隃t (Egyptian)
Egyptian goddess of magic, mourning and kingship, mother of HorusBeing 路 Protection 路 Healing Historical
馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt and 2 moreAmunjmn (Old/Middle Egyptian); Amoun (Coptic)
The hidden creator god of ancient Egypt, later fused with the sun deity Ra.Being 路 Power and authority 路 Protection Historical
馃嚜馃嚞 EgyptAncient Egyptian afterlife beliefs
A system of rituals and texts guiding the soul through the underworld to eternal rebirthTradition 路 Protection 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead Historical
馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt and 1 moreUraeusj隃t
An ancient Egyptian rearing cobra emblem of royal power and divine protectionCharm 路 Protection 路 Power and authority Historical
馃嚜馃嚞 EgyptMenatmnj.t
A beaded necklace and rattle linked to Hathor for protection and luck in ancient EgyptCharm 路 Protection 路 Luck and prosperity Historical
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs: Hunefer, Public domain, source
- Djed: Anonymous ( Egypt ) Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Isis: 脛gyptischer Maler um 1360 v. Chr., Public domain, source
- Amun: MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Uraeus: Bj酶rn Christian T酶rrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Menat: Anagoria, CC BY 3.0, source
- Ancient Egyptian religion: Moh hakem, CC BY-SA 4.0, source