Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Ancient Egyptian Coat of Arms




Ancient Egyptian Coat of Arms
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Ancient Egyptians worshiped Natural Forces that were represented by Animals.  For instance, a Sky God would be a bird or some animal that flies in the Sky, such as the Falcon (Horus).  To worship this Falcon-God would be to influence events in the Sky, such as Rain (Tefnut), Wind (Amun, Shu), or Lightning (Seth).  So they worshiped a Statue of an Animal, and made offerings to it.  The Animal was part of their early Feudalism Identity like a European Coat of Arms (Heraldry), so the image appears on wooden Shields or Armor in their Military, and when Literacy was formed the animals would be part of their Names of Leaders or Kings.  Literacy began in Egypt for the purpose of recording these Heraldic displays as Hieroglyphs. 
 
Animal-headed Gods in Human form came later as a better way to represent the Gods in tangible form or diagram.  They do not actually look like this in Natural Form, as they are invisible in white light.  The Animal shapes also describe their personality.  Non-Egyptian Monotheism said “God created humans in His Likeness” as the religion saw Human-form Deities in Egypt and believed the human form came first.  The Monotheist God in Natural Form is a “burning bush” (Green Fireball or Emeraldian), or a small glowing, fiery-green ball of light that “burns but does not consume itself,” the closest description of it.  The Hathor Tree was never shown as burning, but she was colored green once, as were Ptah the Creator and Lord Osiris.  Egyptians never drew the Natural Form of their Gods.  Other cultures worshiped Fire, as in Ancient Persia or Greece. 

Dynastic Egyptians had Animal “totems” as Coat of Arms in their names or Family Names.   King Scorpion had the insect as his totem. Narmer had a Catfish as his.  Thutmose I to 4 had the Scarab + Ra as their Family Name, while the Amonhotep Family had Maat + Ra in their names.  Ramses Family had part of the Amonhotep lineage (the Strength of Maat + Ra).  By the Ptolemaic Dynasty most were written as Greek names, with “Beloved” of this or that Deity added.  

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