What If Sekhmet Had Destroyed Humanity? Egyptian Mythology Reimagined
Sekhmet came closer than almost any other Egyptian deity to destroying humanity. In the myth preserved in the Book of the Heavenly Cow, Ra sends his divine Eye to punish…
Explore alternate scenarios from ancient Egyptian mythology and imagine how different outcomes could have changed the stories, gods, conflicts, and beliefs of ancient Egypt.
Sekhmet came closer than almost any other Egyptian deity to destroying humanity. In the myth preserved in the Book of the Heavenly Cow, Ra sends his divine Eye to punish…
Every night, Ra was believed to cross the Duat in his solar barque while Apophis tried to stop him. Every morning, the rising sun meant that the journey had succeeded…
Set’s defeat by Horus did more than settle a dispute between two gods. It helped define one of the central ideas of Egyptian kingship: Horus became the rightful heir of…
If Osiris had never been murdered, one of the central patterns of Egyptian mythology would change completely. Osiris could remain a king of the living rather than becoming the ruler…