blackrainbowblade
BlackRainbow
Writer, traveller - see my tag #travelswithasword , likes coffee and good wine. She/her but NB, ND.My passions are Egypt and Kemeticism (Khons is my patron), Japan, Korea, China. I hope my blog will be a refreshing mixture of history, shiny things, and whatever is my current obsession. I'm also a mad cat lady.
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Isis and Nephthys stand by, while Anubis carries out the process of mummification
#Anubis#Isis#Nephthys#mummification#Egypt#Egyptian#ancient Egypt#ancient Egyptian#egyptology#archaeology#Kemet#Deir el medina#tomb#Kemetic#Kemeticism#Luxor#thebes#waset
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I'm sorry, Set, I'm afraid Ra can't pause his beauty sleep rn but I'm sure he's very proud of you 馃槀
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it's wild to me that people act as if chani's primary reason for leaving paul was bitterness about being a concubine like girl..... i promise that did not even register in her brain compared to the realization that paul had chosen to become her people's oppressor, to become her oppressor, to destroy the equality that was very foundation of their relationship. i promise her agency and her loyalty to her people, things which existed before paul and will exist after him, were more important to her than how "official" her relationship would be considered within a system she did not care about.
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Ra, in the form of a falcon, hanging out in the Underworld (Duat).
#Ra#Egypt#Egyptian#ancient egypt#ancient egyptian#egyptology#Deir el medina#Waset#thebes#Luxor#archaeology#hieroglyphic#Kemet#Kemetic#Kemeticism
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I made my Catholic mom happy by telling her that I wanted my dad to paint a pair of angels for my room.
She wasn't happy anymore when she saw the result and I have no idea why 馃槆
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Anubis presiding over the process of mummification
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Nit, or Neith, Goddess of hunting, wisdom, and weaving.
Nit was a Goddess of many things, and of many backstories. In some myths, she gives birth to Ra (God of the sun and king of the Gods), Sobek (crocodile God), Thoth (God of Wisdom) and more.
Nit is a Goddess of war, hunting, weaving, wisdom, and a protector of the king/creator Goddess. She was one of the four protectors of the deceased, along with Isis, Serket, and Nepthys.
In many myths, she is a virgin Goddess. However, sometimes, she is said to have a husband, which is usually Set or Khnum.
The Egyptians believed that when involked, she could help the people settle arguments and disputes. In the contendings of Seth and Horus, Ra contacts her to pick one to be king. She picks Horus, but gives Seth two wives (Anath and Astarte) as a consolation prize.
She was said to be connected to bodies of water, especially rivers, ponds, and streams.
Symbols
bows and arrows
weaving utensils
shield
Nit symbol 饟媼
sycamore
spiders
spider webs
the colors gray, blue and red
sewing needles
cows
water
Offerings
Water
Arrowheads
Almonds
Depictions of spiders or cows
Weapons
Writing utensils
Milk
Frankincense and myrrh
Bread
Beer
Epithets
Mother of Mothers
Mother of Creation
Virgin
Great Goddess
Divine weaver
Warrior
Wise Woman
Devotional Acts
Learn martial arts
Weaving, sewing, or crocheting
Meditation
Self-reflection
Writing
Learn the art of weaponry or battle
Spend time by bodies of water
Write letters to her
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Ceiling and imagery of the Tomb of the Vineyards, burial of Sennefer, Mayor of the Southern City, Thebes, during the 18th dynasty of Egypt.
Photos taken by me, August 2023
It鈥檚 hard to tell which way is up and down when walking through the tunnel leading from the surface into the tomb. Before entering the main chamber there is a small antechamber whose ceiling is quite low, and then a shallow arch which leads to the main room depicted in the above photographs. Both chambers contain a good deal of paintings, however the main chamber holds the most numerous and well preserved paintings, of course. Besides the ceiling, everything is encased in glass.
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Image of Isis in the tomb of Nebenmaat
#Deir el medina#Isis#Asa#Kemet#Kemetic#Kemeticism#Egypt#Egyptian#ancient Egypt#ancient Egyptian#egyptology#Luxor
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Every time I watch Dune I forget about it but I'm foaming at the mouth over how Paul has a vision of himself as a powerful, respected, divine figure with millions worshipping him and he just says "Somebody help me"
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does anyone know any good kemetic content? i only know @kemetickowboy and @wanderingskemetic
i wanna see more Bastet and Sekhmet devotees. possibly Anubis too
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The Benu bird and the Ba bird.
The Benu is a bird associated with the god Ra and the moment of creation. It's usually brownish gold in colour and looks a little like a heron.
The Ba bird is the form a person鈥檚 soul takes after death. It has the body of a bird, but the head of the person who died. This depiction probably shouldn鈥檛 be taken literally, but rather descriptively, since it encompasses the idea that soul keeps all the traits and character of the deceased person, but is free to fly beyond the body.
Paintings from the tomb of the artisan, Amennakht, at the village of Deir el Medina.
#Deir el medina#Amennakht#Benu#ba#ancient Egypt#ancient Egyptian#Egypt#Egyptian#egyptology#tomb#Luxor#thebes
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In the Woods (1860) William Trost Richards (1833 - 1905)
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Hathor in the form of a cow. She is described as the "lady of heaven," "ruler of the Two Lands" and "Eye of Ra."
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Osiris sits with his back to the Western Mountain, in Thebes (modern Luxor). A line of rock stretching from the mountain and arcing over his head and down to his feet suggests that he too is entombed and awaiting new life. The many offerings given to him all facilitate his rebirth in the next world.
This is from the tomb of Amennakht, one of the artisans who worked in the Valley of the Kings. As such, this wall painting might have had a double meaning for him. First, it represents what he has spent his whole life working on - tombs for his gods and kings that will allow them to be reborn in the next world. Here is Osiris, enthroned in just such a tomb. Second though, this can represent Amennakht himself. Via the Book of the Dead, he will, after death, be associated with Osiris and the god's story of death and rebirth.
In this image, Osiris is given incense, both by the seated figure and by the Eye of Horus that emerges from the rock behind him. Incense is the breath of the gods.
In Chapter 17 of the Book of the Dead, Horus who has been injured in battle, offers his eye to his dead father. The offering returns Osiris to life. Part of this idea is depicted here in Amennakht's tomb, as we see Horus stretching out to offer his eye to Osiris, from the bottom left.
From the top left, we see another motif of rebirth as a goddess, presumably Nut, the mother of the sun, brings the sun-disc to Osiris. It is the merging of these two gods - Osiris, king of the dead, and Ra, the sun god and king of the living - that brings about the ultimate rebirth, as it is through them that the world is renewed each day.
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