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θoʊθ, toʊtthoth

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Thothnoun

    Egyptian Moon deity with the head of an ibis; god of wisdom and learning and the arts; scribe of the gods

Wiktionary

  1. Thothnoun

    The ancient Egyptian moon god of wisdom, learning, and magic, usually depicted as an ibis or baboon.

Wikipedia

  1. Thoth

    Thoth (; from Koinē Greek: Θώθ Thṓth, borrowed from Coptic: Ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ Thōout, Egyptian: Ḏḥwtj, the reflex of ḏḥwtj "[He] is like the Ibis") is an ancient Egyptian deity. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon, animals sacred to him. His feminine counterpart was Seshat, and his wife was Ma'at. He was the god of the moon, wisdom, writing, hieroglyphs, science, magic, art, and judgment. His Greek equivalent is Hermes. Thoth's chief temple was located in the city of Hermopolis (Ancient Egyptian: ḫmnw /χaˈmaːnaw/, Egyptological pronunciation: "Khemenu", Coptic: Ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Shmun). Later known as el-Ashmunein in Egyptian Arabic, the Temple of Thoth was mostly destroyed before the beginning of the Christian era, but its very large pronaos was still standing in 1826.In Hermopolis, Thoth led "the Ogdoad", a pantheon of eight principal deities, and his spouse was Nehmetawy. He also had numerous shrines in other cities.Thoth played many vital and prominent roles in Egyptian mythology, such as maintaining the universe, and being one of the two deities (the other being Ma'at) who stood on either side of Ra's solar barque. In the later history of ancient Egypt, Thoth became heavily associated with the arbitration of godly disputes, the arts of magic, the system of writing, and the judgment of the dead.

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  1. thoth

    Thoth is an ancient Egyptian god, often depicted with the head of an ibis or a baboon, associated with the arbitration of divine disputes, the arts of magic, the system of writing, the development of science, and the judgment of the dead. In ancient Egyptian mythology, he is also the scribe of the gods and the inventor of writing and was considered the master of knowledge and wisdom.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Thothnoun

    the god of eloquence and letters among the ancient Egyptians, and supposed to be the inventor of writing and philosophy. He corresponded to the Mercury of the Romans, and was usually represented as a human figure with the head of an ibis or a lamb

  2. Thothnoun

    the Egyptian sacred baboon

Wikidata

  1. Thoth

    Thoth was considered one of the more important deities of the Egyptian pantheon. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon, animals sacred to him. As in the main picture, Thoth is almost always shown holding a Was in one hand and an Ankh in the other hand. His feminine counterpart was Seshat, and his wife was Ma'at. Thoth's chief temple was located in the city of Khmun, later called Hermopolis Magna during the Greco-Roman era and Ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛⲉⲓⲛ shmounein in the Coptic rendering. In that city, he led the Ogdoad pantheon of eight principal deities. He also had numerous shrines within the cities of Abydos, Hesert, Urit, Per-Ab, Rekhui, Ta-ur, Sep, Hat, Pselket, Talmsis, Antcha-Mutet, Bah, Amen-heri-ab, and Ta-kens. Thoth played many vital and prominent roles in Egyptian mythology, such as maintaining the universe, and being one of the two deities who stood on either side of Ra's boat. In the later history of ancient Egypt, Thoth became heavily associated with the arbitration of godly disputes, the arts of magic, the system of writing, the development of science, and the judgment of the dead.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Thoth

    thoth, n. the ancient Egyptian god of wisdom, and the inventor of art, science, letters, &c., ibis-headed, with a tau-cross in his hand.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Thoth

    the Egyptian Mercury, inventor of arts and sciences; represented as having the body of a man and the head of a lamb or ibis.

Mythology

  1. Thoth

    The Mercury of the Egyptians.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Thoth in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Thoth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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