9 World Chronicles

Maat – The Embodiment of Truth

The central concept of Egyptian cosmology and ethics was Maat. The word Maat can mean truth justice righteousness or balance and cosmic law.

The primary duty of the Egyptian pharaoh or King was to be the champion of Maat.

to be sure that the kingdom was living in Maat.

The Goddess Maat became the personification of those principals.

Kings were frequently shown offering a miniature figure of Maat to the chief deity of any particular temple. All daily rituals and sacrifices would be deemed meaningless unless the King and his people were living righteously.  Judges and high officials wore images of the goddess to signify that they were enforcing her laws.

Maat was also a part of the death of a soul and an integral to the success of a soul passing through the Hall of the Two Truth where the heart was weighed against the feather of Maat.

In the book of coming forth by day the Hall of two truths is the place where souls of the dead come to be judged. The hearts of the dead were weighed against a feather of Maat.

If like Ra,  the dead person had Maat in his (her)  heart the scales were balanced, and the deceased would be clear declared true or voice or justified.  If the soul was heavy with untruth and misdeeds they were consumed by a great monster.

Maat was linked to Thoth who was the impartial judge who was said to have put the laws of Maat into writing. This gave a divine precedent for the many works of Egyptian literature that teach or debate how to live in Maat in the real world.

Egyptians’ myth of the golden age include a period when Maat was ruler of the world. she was sometimes said to have drawn in the heaven because unrighteous nature of some men.

The goddess Maat was the beloved daughter of RA the creator sun God. She travels with him in the solar baroque delighting his heart and “giving him life to his nostrils”.

From the old Kingdom onward, Maat  presence were thought to be vital to the daily regeneration of the sun God. In underworld books she is often shown standing close to Ra and both the day and night boats of the sun. This or the dual nature of Egypt as two kingdoms may explain why Maat can appear as two identical goddesses.

Goddess of cosmic order. Epitomizing the harmonious law of cosmic order and truth.

She was recognized from at least the middle of the third millennium and most likely much earlier.

Her only known sanctuary is in the Temple Complex Karnak at Thebes.

Maat is depicted either in human form wearing an ostrich plume on her head or by an ostrich feather alone.

The rulers of Egypt believed they were governed under her aegis and referred to themselves as “beloved of Maat.

Sia the deification of thought

Culture: North African

Classification: Primal Deity

Associated: Creation, Wisdom Thought

was the deification of perception in the Heliopolitan Ennead cosmogony and is probably equivalent to the intellectual energies of the heart of Ptah in the Memphite cosmogeny. He also had a connection with writing and was often shown in anthropomorphic form holding a papyrus scroll. This papyrus was thought to embody intellectual achievements.

Sia is a deity belonging to the Heliopolitan Creation myth. She represents “personification of mind” and “deification of wisdom” and she is born from one drop of blood from Ra, the ancient Egyptian sun god. There exists another god who is also born from one drop of blood from Ra, it is Hu and Hu is the “deification of the word of creation”. Both Sia and Hu represents insight and wisdom of Ra.

At the beginning of time, the god Atum emerged from the swirling waters of chaos to stand on the first dry land, the primordial ben-ben, to begin the act of creation.

The universe was created and given form by magical means, and magic sustained both the visible and invisible worlds. Heka was thought to have been present at creation and was the generative power Atum Ra drew upon in order to create life.

To me belonged the universe before you gods came into being. You have come afterwards because I am Heka" (Spell, 261).

Sia  is the thought, the idea the inspiration.

Hu is the execution of those idea through the spoken word.

Moreover, these three  deities, Sia the Divine thought, Hu the creative utterance, and Heka the generative force, accompany Ra to set the order in the universe and maintain everything created. They are seen together with the falcon-headed sungod standing in the sunboat as it travels across the sky. This points to the mythical concept that every sunrise is equal to the world being created anew.

Sia appeared standing on the solar barque during its journey through the night in New Kingdom underworld texts and tomb decorations, together with Hu, the "creative utterance," and Heka, the god of magic. These gods were seen as special powers helping the creator, and although Heka had his own cult Sia did not

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Ahura Mazda wise lord

Classification: The Supreme God

Associated: Light, Wisdom

Culture: Ancient Persian

Known period of worship Circa 1500 BCE

Cult Centers: Throughout the Near East during the Persian and Roman Empires.

Art References : Various Sculptures and reliefs

Literary Sources: Avestia

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Ahura Mazda represented the Sky and embodied wisdom fruitfulness and benevolence his opponent and also his creation was Angra Mainyu God of darkness and sterility.

 There were other deities, but life was essentially a struggle between the two gods of good and evil. In the 7th or 6th century BC E the Prophet Zoroaster the founder of Zoroastrianism declared Ahura Mazda alone worthy of absolute worship. Ahura Mazda was the essence of beneficent nature. creator of heaven and earth the font of law and morality and  Supreme judge of the universe .

When he was 30 he participated in a spring festival as a member of a priestly family and one of his duties was to draw water from the deepest and purest part of the stream for the morning ceremony. Here at the Daytia river, he met the angel Vohu Mana.

 The entity asked Zoroaster who he was and what was the most important thing in his life. To which Zoroaster answered that he wanted most of all to be righteous, pure and wise. By this answer, he was granted a vision of Ahura Mazda and his archangels from whom he learned the principles that would lead to the religion known late as Zoroastrianism.

He becomes the god of light and truth in the Zoarastrian concept of Dualism.

His chief attendant was Mithras. According to myth his first creation was a wild bull. It had to be confided to a cave to control the beast. It escaped and Mitra was tasked with finding filling the animal.  When the beast was slain it blood fell to the Earth and created life

He becomes the god of light and truth in the Zoarastrian concept of Dualism. His offspring include Could have been a love child  Gayomart  the archetype male.

Beyond, apart and without him, there is nothing in existence. He is changeless, moving all while not being moved by anyone, has no equal, and no one can take the heavens from him. He favors the just man, upholding the truth and proper behavior. Ahura Mazda created the twin spirits, Angra Mainyu, the destructive spirit, and Spenta Meynu, the good spirit.

Ishologu

Undead servant of whicthes typically brought back to live as revenge.

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Asanbosam

Classification:  Mythological Creature Demon

Culture Ghana and Togo

Asanbosam is a parasitic creature of African Mythology. It belongs to the folklore of the Akan of southern Ghana, Togo and 18th century Jamaica from enslaved Akan.

The Asanbosam are creatures of the night, and typically avoid or even fear the bright sun The Asanbosam resides in the trees and forest feeding primarily on those who roam by means of its domain. They wait silently in tree, by their curves and hooked feet and catch its prey unaware.

 It is said to have iron teeth, pink skin, long red hair and iron hooks for feet.

I has large blood-shot eyes, long legs, and feet pointing both ways. Its favorite trick is to sit on the high branches of a tree and dangle its legs to entangle the unwary hunter.

Some are more aggressive hunters and will seek to infiltrate human dwellings and steal away with small children. They can be bold in the dusk hours, as from a distance they can appear to be more human.

The Asanbosam feed on the life essence of its human victims although it may consume the flesh and organs as well. Its is said that they are cursed or soulless human, they can only sustain themselves by draining the essence of others.

These creatures can be killed with normal weapons although they are noted to particular strong and fast.

Sopona Bringer of Small Pox

Classification: Orisha

Culture: West African Yoruba, Dahomean Religion, Afro-Brazilian

Associated: Small pox

Sopana is said to be the true name of the Orisha Babalú-Ayé, He has dominion over all skin ailments, major and minor, as well as infectious and viral diseases. He controls all illnesses that manifest on the skin, like measles or chicken pox. Babalu Ayé has emerged as the spirit of AIDS and the patron who protects those suffering from this illness. He owns all secrets of death, disease, and cemeteries. who is a patron for those who are suffering. He is the embodiment of both disease and cures.

When he was angered his true name Sopona is used. Because of the nature of this Orisha, priesthood was highly controlled and only a priest could use his real name.

people of this religion believed that if the priests were angered, they were capable of causing smallpox outbreaks through their intimate relationship with Shapona.

After the British invasion of the Gold Coast worship and priesthood of Sopona was banned.

In Dahomean religion Sopono is known as Sakpata, Shakpana or similarly Sopono. He is the divinity of smallpox and can inflict both insanity and disease on humans.

Sopona is known in the Afro-Brazilian tradition of Candomblé as Sakpata or Sakpata-Omolu in the (Jejé nation). He is associated with the colors red, black, and white, as in Africa. Insects associated with him are Sakpata-Omolu beetles, black butterflies, flies, and mosquitoes. A skirt and hood made of straw that covers the entire body is the clothing associated with Sakpata-Omolu followers and worship.

In the Trinidad Orisha tradition, Sopona is known as Shakpana, and is similarly a ferocious god associated with healing smallpox.

The cup of Eternity

Classification: Sacred Object

Associated: immortality, longevity

Also Known As: the Holy Grail, The Cup of Life, The Serpent Grail

Culture: Hindu. Indian Sub Continent, Christianity (Europe) , Eastern Philosophy myth of China and Korea

Literature:  Aramahansa Yogananda’s poem, “The Cup of Eternity”. Medieval folk lore

. . . The deathly thirst so fleshly born

Shall parch his soul, oh, ne'er again!

The cup he'll drink, but not the bane,

To quench his thirst and bliss attain.* . . .

aramahansa Yogananda’s poem, “The Cup of Eternity” speaker is dramatizing the spiritual longing, metaphorically describes as “thirst,” which can by quenched only by God-realization through gaining awareness of the soul within the physical and mental encasements.

Cacoch

Classification: Creator God

Culture: Mayan Classic Mesoamerican

According to tradition he engendered the water lily from which sprang the other deities of the Mayan Pantheon .  The ancient Maya had over 150 Gods in their complex religion, each with clearly defined characteristics and purposes

Zamn the lord of Heaven

Chac god of rain

Ah Mun god of Corn and agriculture

Ah Puch  god of death

Ek Chuah the god of war

 Thanatos the name of Death

Classification: Personification or Spirit

Culture: Greek

Associated: Gentle Death

Literature References: The Theogony, The Illiad

Minor God of death. Greek culture According to legend his is one of the sons of Nyx the goddess of the night. He lives on aa remote cave beside the river Lethe which her shares with his brother Hypnos who personified sleep.

His name literally translates to “death” in Greek. In some myths, he's considered to be a personified spirit of death rather than a god. The touch of Thanatos was gentle, often compared to the touch of Hypnos, who was the god of sleep.

Most literature states that Thanatos was the son of the night goddess NYX, and that he had no father. Rather than being the offspring of gods, he was a broken-off piece of Nyx’s essence or spirit.

Thanatos has a dominant role in two Greek myths. There’s a myth wherein he was sent to bring Alkestis back to the underworld. However, HERACLES drove him off through combat. In another myth, Sisyphus was a criminal who trapped Thanatos in a sack so that he wouldn’t die.

In the Iliad, Thanatos were charged by Zeus via Apollo with the swift delivery of the slain hero Sarpedon to his homeland of Lycia.

"Then (Apollon) gave him [Sarpedon] into the charge of swift messengers to carry him, of Hypnos and Thanatos, who are twin brothers, and these two presently laid him down within the rich countryside of broad Lycia." [6]

Counted among Thanatos' siblings were other negative personifications such as Geras (Old Age), Oizys (Suffering), Moros (Doom), Apate (Deception), Momus (Blame), Eris (Strife), Nemesis (Retribution) and even the Acherousian/Stygian boatman Charon.

Thanatos was loosely associated with the three Moirai daughters of Night), particularly Atropos, who was a goddess of death in her own right.

And there the children of dark Night have their dwellings, Sleep and Death, awful gods. The glowing Sun never looks upon them with his beams, neither as he goes up into heaven, nor as he comes down from heaven. And the former of them roams peacefully over the earth and the sea's broad back and is kindly to men; but the other has a heart of iron, and his spirit within him is pitiless as bronze: whomsoever of men he has once seized he holds fast: and he is hateful even to the deathless gods.

Thanatos was thus regarded as merciless and indiscriminate, hated by – and hateful towards — mortals and gods alike. But in myths which feature him, Thanatos could occasionally be outwitted, a feat that the sly King Sisyphus of Korinth twice accomplished. When it came time for Sisyphus to die, Zeus ordered Thanatos to chain Sisyphus up in Tartarus. Sisyphus cheated death by tricking Thanatos into his own shackles, thereby preventing the demise of any mortal while Thanatos was so enchained.

He was freed by the War god Ares who need Thanatos Free so that warriors could die.

"Thanatos: Much talk. Talking will win you nothing. All the same, the woman goes with me to Hades' house. I go to take her now, and dedicate her with my sword, for all whose hair is cut in consecration by this blade's edge are devoted to the gods below.

Thanatophobia is the fear of things associated with or reminiscent of death and mortality, such as corpses or graveyards. It is related to necrophobia, although the latter term typically refers to a specific fear of dead bodies rather than a fear of death in general.

Thanatology is the academic and scientific study of death among human beings. It investigates the circumstances surrounding a person's death, the grief experienced by the deceased's loved ones, and larger social attitudes towards death such as ritual and memorialization. It is primarily an interdisciplinary study, frequently undertaken by professionals in nursing, psychology, sociology, psychiatry, social work and veterinary science. It also describes bodily changes that accompany death and the after-death period.

Thanatophoric dysplasia is a severe skeletal disorder characterized by extremely short limbs and folds of extra (redundant) skin on the arms and legs. Other features of this condition include a narrow chest, short ribs, underdeveloped lungs, and an enlarged head with a large forehead and prominent, wide-spaced eyes.

The term thanatophoric is Greek for "death bearing." Infants with thanatophoric dysplasia are usually stillborn or die shortly after birth from respiratory failure.  

Euthanasia, "good death" in Greek, is the act or practice of ending the life of an individual who would otherwise experience severe, incurable suffering or disability.

Though a minor figure in ancient times Thanatos lives in modern mythology as a powerful creature who has wrestled control of the primal elements of the universe.

"Thanatos: Much talk. Talking will win you nothing. All the same, the woman goes with me to Hades' house. I go to take her now, and dedicate her with my sword, for all whose hair is cut in consecration by this blade's edge are devoted to the gods below.

Nyx – The darkness of the Earth

Classification: Primal God

Culture: Greek

Associated: Darkness, Chaos, Death , Time

Nyx the darkness of the earth one of the primal Greek deities which arose from chaos at the beginning of creation.

Nyx and Erobus the darkness of the underworld had sex and produce Aither (The Either or bright upper air) and Hemera (The Day)

Nyx  was the mother of the fates Eris who was discord,  Thanatos who was death and Hypnos was sleep.

Even Zeus feared her black winged figure. Nyx was associated with inflexible destiny and was associated and was shown clad in a robe or cloak of stars riding a chariot pulled by black horses or by nocturnal creatures such as owls and bats.

She is depicted wearing a Crown of poppies an carrying two of her children sleep and death. She is personified in western art by maternal figure with a white child who was sleep and a black one who was deaf. An image that can conveys the ambivalent symbolism of the night.

Usually depicted in a calm figure with folded wings she may be represented with a mask a Crescent moon or an owl. And illustrations night and day are depicted as black and white mice gnawing at time. In the orphic creation myth Nyx was a daughter and consort Phanes the creator God and gave birth the deities Gaia and Uranos.

Uranos would rule until dethroned by his son Cronus. King Cronus would find the dame fate at the hands of his son Zeus.

Abode  Tartarus

Personal information

Parents Chaos

Siblings Gaia, Tartarus, Erebus

Consort Erebus

Children               Aether, Hemera, Moros, Apate, Dolos, Nemesis, the Keres, the Moirai, the Hesperides, Oizys, Momus, the Oneiroi, Hypnos, Thanatos, Philotes, Geras, Eris, Charon

Symbolism of the egg. the egg symbolizes Genesis the perfect microcosm.  a universal symbol for the mystery of original creation. it encloses nascent life to emerge from it. It embodies the idea of rebirth and rejuvenation in the cycle of life, reflected also in its shape, with neither beginning nor end.

Life bursting from the primordial silence. Few simple natural objects have such an self-explanatory yet profound meaning and the body of myth and folklore that surrounds the egg is huge.

In many creation myths ranging from Egypt and India to Asia and Oceana a cosmic egg sometimes fertilized by a serpent but more often laid in the primordial waters by a giant bird gives form to chaos and from it hatches the sun symbolized by the Golden yolk the division of earth and Sky and life and all forms.

Creation symbolism is strengthened by the egg shape to testicles and by the sexual  duality of eggs yolk and white in the region of the Congo the yellow yolk stood for Female warmth while the white stood for male sperm.

Ancient Egypt, an egg was revered as the origin of the world. One version of the creation myth mentions the cosmic egg hatching the ‘bird of light’. aspect within the Ogdoad is the Cosmic Egg, from which all things are born. Life comes from the Cosmic Egg; the sun god Ra was born from the primordial egg in a stage known as the first occasion

In Hindu myth the cosmic tree girls from the Golden egg witch board brahma.

Similarly, the egg is linked with resurrection, the Phoenix dying, and fire rose from its own egg. The God Dionysus was shown carrying egg as a symbol of his rebirth.

Associated in pre-Christian times with the promise and hope of spring, the egg took a readymade place in Christian Easter ceremonies as a symbol of resurrection.

 The eggs white purity embodies the miracle of life contained within its blank shell, One such  connotation found in literature “Madonna and the child,  circa 1450, in which an egg symbolizes the Immaculate Conception of Mary.

In Jewish custom at the Seder meal eaten at Passover the egg is a symbol of promise and traditionally eggs are the first food offered to a Jewish mourner.

In folklore throughout the world the egg is a symbol suggesting luck wealth and health. Magical eggs are Golden or silver and are often guarded by Dragons.

 From eggs are born gods and heroes. In one Greek myth Helen of Troy came from an egg that had fallen from the moon.

Alternatively, she was born from an egg laid by Leda Queen of Sparta after she had coupled with a Swan which was the God Zeus in disguise.

In Dogon mythology (West Africa): "In the beginning, Amma, alone, was in the shape of an egg: the four collar bones were fused, dividing the egg into air, earth, fire, and water, establishing also the four cardinal directions.

This number  8 would be significant as its represents the 4 Ogdoad pairs Kuk and Kauket, Huh and Hauhat, Nun and Naunet, Amun and Amaunet.

Within this cosmic egg was the material and the structure of the universe, and the 266 signs that embraced the essence of all things.

In Later Kemetic mythology is it revealed that in inside the great egg is the the God Ra.

Once upon a time, before there was land, fish, animals, or human life, there was the great expansion of primordial waters that encompassed the Universe.  Nothing existed in these primordial waters since the beginning of time, until a great egg appeared in the water.  This egg contained a living God by the name of Ra.  Once his egg hatched, he burst forth into the Universe and took his place as its great ruler. 

In this scenario we also see the significance of Ra as representing the number 9 which is the number of Completion. As Amma was 1 the beginning, he was 9 the completion and thus a new stage of life is entered. The egg containing all the elements from start to finish for it is the cycle of life.

A pentagram is a five pointed star. Traditionally, the five points of the star represent the four elements (Earth, Water, Fire, and Air) and Spirit.

Pentacle or pentagram. A geometric symbol of harmony health and Mystic powers. A five-pointed star with lines that cross to each point. When used in magical rituals design is usually called the pentacle.

The pentagram seems to have originate it in Mesopotamia approximately 4000 years ago probably as an astronomical plot of the movements of the planet Venus. It became a Sumerian and Egyptian stellar symbol is start to have been the figure used on the seal of King Solomon of Israel.

In Greece the Pythagoreans adopted it as an emblem of health and Mystic harmony the marriage of heaven and earth combining the number 2 terrestrial and feminine, and three heavenly and masculine.

 The resulting #5 symbol lives the microcosm of human body and mind. From this point on the pentagram steadily acquired Mystic meaning.

The pentagon is endless  sharing the symbolism of perfection and power of the circle. Five is a circular number as it produces itself in its last digit when raised to its own power.

 Gnostics and alchemist associated with the five elements, Christians with the 5 wounds of Christ. Medieval sorcerers with Solomon’s reputed powers over nature and the spiritual world.

Magicians sometimes wore pentacle caps of buying linen to conjure up supernatural help. In casting spells special powers were credited to pentacles drawn on Virgin caps can but they were also protectively inscribed in wood on rocks and on amulets or rings.

In Wicca and various forms of “white magic,” the encircled, upright pentagram is considered a symbol that provides protection of some kind. Pagan and neo-pagan groups use the pentagram in all manner of rituals and ornamentation because it symbolizes infinity, the binding of the five elements, and protection of the self.

With one point upward and two down the pentacle was the sign of white magic the druids foot. Representing the triumph of spirit over matter.

In Christian symbolism, the basic pentagram (without a circle) was originally used to represent the five wounds of Jesus Christ. It was soon supplanted by the symbol of the cross, but the pentagram was still recognizable as a Christian symbol for a few hundred years after Jesus’ resurrection. Some say that the continuous line was also considered symbolic of the Alpha and Omega.

 With one point down and two up It represented the goatsfoot and horns of the devil a characteristic symbolic inversion. inverted pentagram represents the descent of spirit into matter.

 Latin or kabbalistic Hebrew letters often appear on talismanic pentacles drawn within protective circles. The Pensacola was also a Masonic aspirational symbol known as the flaming star.

The pentagram was used in ancient Chinese and Japanese religions to symbolize the five elements of life. In Japanese culture the symbol was also considered magical. Ancient Babylonian culture was also using the pentagram to represent various gods and religious beliefs of their own.

Historical associations of the pentagram include the five senses, the five fingers, the five wounds of Christ, and astrological representation of the five planets: Jupiter, Mercury, Mars and Saturn, and Venus.