The Temple of Ptah is a shrine located within the large
Precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak, in Luxor, Egypt. It lies to the north of the
main Amun temple, just within the boundary wall. The building was erected by
the Pharaoh Thutmose III on the site of an earlier Middle Kingdom temple.
The great temple of Ptah was one of the city’s most
prominent structures. According to an Egyptian document known as the “Memphite
Theology,”
Ptah created humans through the power of his heart and
speech; the concept, having been shaped in the heart of the creator,
Literary Sources: Shades of Memnon, Various Greek Scholars
Memnon, by whose name the colossi became known, was the hero of the Trojan War, the king of Ethiopia, who led his troops from Africa to Asia Minor to help protect the besieged city, but was ultimately killed by Achilles. The name "Memnon" means "Ruler of the Dawn".
Memnon: The hero of the Trojan war.
This very unique Warrior is the very foundation of our literature today. Helen if Troy, Achillies, Trojan horse, or Greek Mythology surrounds this man. He was an Ethiopian, Greatest Champion, and highly ethical. The greatest swordsman who ever lived. The Book Shades of Memnon is all about this warrior. There are many vases in museums capturing hand to hand combat moments.. Historians like Diodorus Silicus will admit he was virtually unstoppable.
Killing Antilichos ( The Demi God ) Greek hero and Fighting Ajax ( only 2nd to Achllies) himself the tallest and biggest of the Greeks goes to toe, blow for blow and even Ajax himself could not defeat Memnon. Achillies himself who no man could beat said he could not defeat Memnon from a frontal position.
Memnon was compared by the Zeus himself to Achilles .
Memnon, in Greek mythology, son of Tithonus (son of Laomedon, legendary king of Troy) and Eos (Dawn) and king of the Ethiopians. He was a post-Homeric hero, who, after the death of the Trojan warrior Hector, went to assist his uncle Priam, the last king of Troy, against the Greeks. He performed prodigies of valour but was slain by the Greek hero Achilles.
According to tradition, Zeus, the king of the gods, was moved by the tears of Eos and bestowed immortality upon Memnon. His companions were changed into birds, called Memnonides, that came every year to fight and lament over his grave. The combat between Achilles and Memnon was often represented by Greek artists, and the story of Memnon was the subject of the lost Aethiopis of Arctinus of Miletus (fl. c. 650 BC).
Colossi of Memnon - Singing Statues.
n Egypt the name of Memnon was connected with the colossal (70-foot [21-metre]) stone statues of Amenhotep III near Thebes, two of which still remain. The more northerly of these was partly destroyed by an earthquake in 27 BC, resulting in a curious phenomenon. Every morning, when the rays of the rising sun touched the statue, it gave forth musical sounds like the twang of a harp string. This was supposed to be the voice of Memnon responding to the greeting of his mother, Eos.
The mythology of the Greek character Andromeda who in real
life was a beautiful melanated Ethiopian woman. Well documented in history as
such. Yet in the 1981 film the clash of the Titans she is portrayed as a non
woman of color to the detriment of the story
In Tantrism she hold her own in one hand and heads mouth
opens to receive the blood the spurts from the gaping neck
AbodeCremation ground
Weaponkhatri
– scimitar
Consort Shiva
as Kabandha o
is a Hindu goddess (Devi). She is one of the Mahavidyas, ten
goddesses from the esoteric tradition of Tantra, and a ferocious aspect of
Parvati, the Hindu Mother goddess. The self-decapitated nude goddess, usually
standing or seated on a divine copulating couple, holds her own severed head in
one hand and a scimitar in another. Three jets of blood spurt out of her
bleeding neck and are drunk by her severed head and two attendants.
Classification: Unearthly being, sub class of Angels
Kerubim connected with the Assyrian word Karibu)
Hybrid creatures, half animal half huanwho appear in the Old Testament.
A cherub is one of the unearthly beings who directly attend
to God, according to Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim
assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden
of Eden
They are presented as guardians of the sacral points round
which Jewish life and belief center the Tree of Life , the Ark of the Covenant
, the temple and they indicate the presence of God.
In the vision of Ezekiel they for the living chariot of Yahweh.
In the book pf Revelation as they are described as beast and
they stand around the throne of God.
They are full of eyes before and behind and this identifies
them as cosmic being symbolizing the stars.
According to a Christian interpretation which goes back to
the Greek Dionysius
In Islam, the cherubim are the angels closest to God and
sometimes include the Bearers of the Throne and the archangels. Below the
angels of the throne, the angels subordinative to Michael are also identified
as cherubim. In Ismailism, there are seven cherubim, comparable to the Seven
Archangels.
Their protective symbolism derived from the earlier Persian
an Mesopotamia am gars guardian spirits who flight temples. They are usually
appear in art as blue winged heads sometimes with the book symbolizing define
divine knowledge by reason of their proximity to God whom they are sometimes
shown supporting in flight. In baroque art cherubs are undistinguishable from
cupids or putti.
Last Known Location: The Tomb ofNeferkaptah the City of Memphis
Author: Thoth Djhuty
Associated: Supreme knowledge
The Book of Thoth represents the accumulated knowledge of
the wisest of the Kemetic Ntrs. Ut is said to contain the secrets of the
universe and the most sacred and powerful spells in existence. The wielder of
this book would attaint supreme knowledge. But the knowledge is far to great
for mortals. And carries a curse of the Gods.
Naga, (Sanskrit: “serpent”) in Hinduism, Buddhism, and
Jainism, a member of a class of mythical semidivine beings, half human and half
cobra. They are a strong, handsome species who can assume either wholly human
or wholly serpentine form and are potentially dangerous but often beneficial to
humans.
Color Black
Attributes : Rosary and waterjar
Karkota Dynasty ruled over the Kashmir valley and some
northern parts of the Indian subcontinent during 7th and 8th century. The
Serpent Empire as it was called was founded in 625 bce. Their rule saw a period
of political expansion, economic prosperity and emergence of Kashmir as a
center of Indian culture and scholarship.
