Thursday, November 18, 2010
Baboon, Human, Jackal and Falcon, Oh My!
The Egyptians were very strict when it came to descriptive writing, weren't they? I mean with how detailed their art, writing style, and legends were, the people of Egypt must have been describing things on a college level by the tender age of nine or eleven! These loony Egyptians even had a certain way of arranging the canopic jars, falcon on the left with the jackal next to it since they're like best friends, and the baboon and human should be the farthest away from each other, since they both fight about which came first, the human or the monkey. Who are these animals? Oh, they're the Sons of Horus, who guard the organs! The baboon-headed, Hapy, guarded the lungs and the one with the out of place human head was named Imsety was the guardian of the liver. Duamutef, the jackal-headed son, handled the stomach and upper intestines, while the falcon-headed, Qebehsenuef, kept a watchful eye on the lower intestines. Apparently, Horus did not trust his children very much because the four animal headed boys were each supervised by a goddess. If you ask me being a bit worried is fine for a parent to do, but having your children being guarded by a powerful immortal is just pushing it!
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How did you figure out the order of how the egyptians put the canopic jars? You need more voice.
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