CLT-3378 Lecture Notes - Ptah, Flood Myth, Syncretism

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Atum created the world by masturbating and the semen created the world: written by priests most likely. The flood saves mankind from destruction because sekmet gets drunk which saves people. Re (king is hawk face) with the sun on his head and a cobra. Hawthor"s rage gives birth to sekmet (cow-horns) Mankind saved by the flood that is dyed with red dye that looks like human blood when sekmet drinks it and gets drunk causing no harm to humanity. Festival of hawthor: they drink a lot of beer to celebrate this myth. Plutarch is a roman citizen ( greek speaking ) around 117 ad. Plutarch recounting osiris and isis through the same lens as hymn to. Osiris"s junk was eaten by a fish, which is why the egyptians avoid eating a specific kind of fish because of that. Isis kills two babies in the fire and steals back her husband"s coffin.

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