Post by Keith Heitmann on Jun 21, 2004 22:58:10 GMT -5
At first, there was only Nun.
Nun was the dark waters of chaos.
One day, a hill rose up out of the waters. This hill was called Ben-Ben.
On this hill stood Atum, the first god.
Atum coughed and spat out Shu, the god of the air, and Tefnut, the goddess of moisture.
Shu and Tefnut had two children. First, there was Geb, the god of the earth. Then, there was Nut, the goddess of the sky.
Shu lifted Nut up so that she became a canopy over Geb.
Nut and Geb had four children named Osiris, Isis, Seth and Nephthys.
Osiris was the king of the earth and Isis was the queen. Osiris was a good king, and he ruled over the earth for many years.
However, everything was not well. Seth was jealous of Osiris because he wanted to be the ruler of the earth. He grew angrier and angrier until one day he killed Osiris.
Osiris went down into the underworld and Seth remained on earth and became king.
Osiris and Isis had one son called Horus.
Horus battled against Seth and regained the throne. After that, Horus was the king of the earth and Osiris was the king of the underworld.
Source: British Museum
Nun was the dark waters of chaos.
One day, a hill rose up out of the waters. This hill was called Ben-Ben.
On this hill stood Atum, the first god.
Atum coughed and spat out Shu, the god of the air, and Tefnut, the goddess of moisture.
Shu and Tefnut had two children. First, there was Geb, the god of the earth. Then, there was Nut, the goddess of the sky.
Shu lifted Nut up so that she became a canopy over Geb.
Nut and Geb had four children named Osiris, Isis, Seth and Nephthys.
Osiris was the king of the earth and Isis was the queen. Osiris was a good king, and he ruled over the earth for many years.
However, everything was not well. Seth was jealous of Osiris because he wanted to be the ruler of the earth. He grew angrier and angrier until one day he killed Osiris.
Osiris went down into the underworld and Seth remained on earth and became king.
Osiris and Isis had one son called Horus.
Horus battled against Seth and regained the throne. After that, Horus was the king of the earth and Osiris was the king of the underworld.
Source: British Museum