What were the religious beliefs of egyptian ancient civilizations?

Answer 1

They worshiped many gods and goddesses. Here's a little break-down for you:
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/explore/main.html

Answer 2

they had two main gods RA (the sun) and OSIRIS the moon- these obviously derive to a certain extent from the earlier celtic religions, however as the egyptian civilisation developed they became more and more fixated with death to the point where any self respecting egyptian had a book of the dead written for them. interestingly enough included in the book of the dead are 42 denial confessions. ten of these are known to christians as the ten commandments (the difference being that these were written 1000 years before moses was born. i cant answer too well too quickly but i would recommend you do a bit of study - it will explain where a lot of the bible comes from - yes the ancient egyptians were the start of christianity

Answer 3

That's a pretty large question, as they had several gods each with their realm and powers. They also had a very built up belief about what would happen in the afterlife and wrote the "Book of the Dead" which is a set of prayers and guide book to getting through the perils until they reach their reward.

Answer 4

As someone who worships the ancient gods of Egypt, allow me :)

Because Egypt spanned a very large area, different folks had different ideas for creation, which is why there is no one "definate" creation myth (or "story" - to say "myth" acknowledges that it is false). One centers around Ptah creating man. One states that Atum rose from a mound in the primordial waters, and spit (or ejaculated, most likely) the gods of air and moisture, who then begat the gods of earth and sky. There are more, as well.

They see, like many non-European cultures, death, not as the end, but as a transition into the next world. Their underworld is called, "Duat," where the good people who practiced "ma'at" (truth and justice) will walk among the gods in fertile fields of wheat and barley. The unkind and unjust had their hearts eaten by Ammit, a hippo-croc type creature.

When entering the realm of the dead, to see if they were truly practicers of "ma'at," their heart would be weighed against a feather. If lighter, they were good. If heavier, it would be thrown to....well, you know.

The Lord of the Underworld was Wesir (the greeks called him Osiris...most of the names we know for Egyptian gods were actually Greek names!), and his sister/wife was Auset (Isis). Their son was Heru-wa-Auset (Horus, born of Isis), of whom many pharaohs considered themselves decendants.

Because hundreds of gods existed, similar ones would sometimes be "merged" by people (for example, Het Heret and Auset, who both were linked to cows, music, love, and fertility) - this is called "syncretism."

The proper term to describe Ancient Egyptian (or "Kemetic") religion, would be "monolatry" (many gods who make up one force), rather than "polytheism." All gods were part of one benevolent solar force stemming from the Solar god (Atum, or Ra, or Atum-Ra, syncretized, depening on the origin or kingdom).

Beer, onions, and bread were sacred, and made good offerings. Pork was not so much (linked to the god of storms and chaos, Sutekh), or was fish, as it was seen as lowly.

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hope that helps.

Answer 5

They believed in Horus-who was born of a virgin-died on a cross-arose forty days later--and ascended. The Epic of Gilgamesh was from babylonia and told the ark story. These stories predated the Jewish and Christian stories by a thousand years. I think the Jewish and Christian authors dabbled in quite a bit of plagarism.

Answer 6

Most of their gods were in nature, the sun for example. They also considered their phaerohs to be living gods. Find out more from the library.

Answer 7

They were polytheistic worshipping many gods like Ra, Isis, etc. Google it.

Answer 8

They were polytheistic, as well as worshiping living Pharaohs as deities.

Answer 9

Not monotheism.

Answer 10

Ra.