Egyptian mythology
Thoth
God of Writing, Magic, and the Moon
- Mythology
- Egyptian mythology
- Parents
- Ra
- Group
- Fate · Craft · Seer · Truth · Magic · Divine · Wisdom · Moon · Aaru · Solar Barque · Liminal · Funerary · Judgment · Maat
- Appears in
- Thoth and the Wandering Eye · Thoth and the Five Stolen Days · The Shipwrecked Sailor · The Divine Birth of the Pharaoh · The Weighing of the Heart · The Eye of Ra
- Places
- Giza · Thebes · Heliopolis · Karnak · Valley of the Kings · Duat
- Objects
- Was Scepter · Ankh · Book of the Dead · Eye of Ra · Feather of Maat · Solar Barque
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Thoth is the ibis-headed god of writing, wisdom, magic, and the moon. He invented hieroglyphs and gave humanity language, and as scribe of the gods he records the verdict when the heart is weighed against the feather of Maat in the hall of judgment. Master of reckoning and time, he measures the seasons and arbitrates disputes among the gods, famously winning the five extra days that let Nut bear her children. Patron of scribes, healers, and magicians, he is often shown with the lunar disk on his brow, sometimes appearing as a baboon.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Thoth?
- Thoth is the ibis-headed god of writing, wisdom, magic, and the moon. He invented hieroglyphs and gave humanity language, and as scribe of the gods he records the verdict when the heart is weighed against the feather of Maat in the hall of judgment.
- Which mythology does Thoth belong to?
- Thoth belongs to Egyptian mythology.
- Which stories does Thoth appear in?
- Thoth appears in Thoth and the Wandering Eye, Thoth and the Five Stolen Days, The Shipwrecked Sailor, The Divine Birth of the Pharaoh, The Weighing of the Heart, The Eye of Ra, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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