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Thesis: Female and Male relationships as seen through the gods and goddesses pertaining to ancient Egyptian culture.
Ancient Egyptian culture was not much different from many other cultures of the time, and some that still exist in parts of the Eastern world. Hinduism, for example, a religion based on Caste and dharma, is akin to that of ancient Egyptian culture in a couple slight ways. One way includes some of the ideas about patriarchal values; a second way is the belief in many Gods and Goddesses. A lot of understanding about the culture comes from looking within those cultures religious beliefs. Looking at the interactions between the Goddesses and Gods of ancient Egypt it can be analyzed how the males and females interacted within this fascinating ancient culture.
According to Mediterraneas woman in ancient Egyptian scrolls and tomb paintings were often depicted as being singers, dancers, and musicians. This is an important thing to note as it pertains to the society. It can be seen from this statement that woman were viewed more as the peace keepers and entertainers. Being talented in arts does not really hold a lot of political or influential power. In addition, women were always depicted as being youthful and beautiful, with wide child bearing hips. This shows that women of this time period were to be good for childbearing and, as stated by Mediterraneas, women who were not youthful were probably not fertile and thus not much use to society. These are just theories based on sculptures, paintings, and scrolls from this time period. Others may disagree based on the idea that there were plenty of Goddesses in the Egyptian religion. There is also an interesting male and female dynamic that can be seen through the interactions and behaviors of the Gods and Goddesses.
As seen in many texts the bull is a symbol of masculine strength and power, and Osiris’s symbol is a bull. Osiris was not the ‘supreme’ God of the culture, but he was one of the more favorable ones. Those who practiced the religions of ancient Egypt (also known as Kemetism or paganism) followed their own Goddesses and Gods based on their own beliefs and their location within Egypt. There were still a set of Gods and Goddesses that all people knew and probably looked to at one point; particularly Horus, Anubis, and Osiris.