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Finished translating an offering scene from Nefertari's tomb, I'm proud of myself 🔥 It was a lot of fun tho and is by far the biggest text I've translated (Im still very new to studying hieroglyphs) But yeah <3

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Iah, the silent moon, watches over Kemet as the sun departs to die at sunset. An artificial deity born from Ra’s shadow, reflecting the light of the Sun God.

With Khonsu guarding his throne, he remains seated, casting just enough light to ward off eternal darkness from the sun-kissed land of Kemet during the night.

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Het-Heru, Hathor, Goddess of Love, Pleasure, Music, Dance, Intoxication, Childbirth, Cosmetics and much more ❤️

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hii! i'm not a kemetic pagan at all but was just wondering about the "sn/ake deity" (Ap3p)(idk if its disrespectful to mention) of the pantheon. is it disrespectful to worship him? i remember watching an actual academic kemetic pagan talk about this but i lost the video. so, i saw a draconic witch work with them and say stuff like "i'm tired of pleasing other kemetics and i'm gonna do my own thing by worshipping the sn/ake". just want your opinion on that sorry if this is confusing i can clarify😭

It's that you specified because there are a lot of snake deities (Wadjet, Renenutet, Mehen, Meretseger, etc.) which are perfectly fine to worship (I would also argue that A/p/e/p isn't really a deity and there's some evidence that this is true historically (1), but enough scholarly sources call him that, so I understand why people refer to him as such). Generally, kemetic polytheists slash out his name in someway because of ancient practices to deface his name in someway as a way of removing his power (2). Generally it's considered polite to disrupt the name in online kemetic polytheist spaces.

Worshiping A/p/e/p is at best is disrespectful and at worse actively malicious. A/p/e/p is the force that fights against the Netjeru (gods) and seeks to bring about the end of the world. (3) (4) So by worshipping him one is seeking to destroy the entire universe and everyone and everything in it. And this is explicitly not a destruction and rebirth cycle. A/p/e/p seeks to unmake the world and brings about nonexsistance. (3) (4)

Here's some posts by other kemetic polytheists on A/p/e/p and worshipping him that you might find useful one of which go into detail on A/p/e/p as a manifestation of isfet which I didn't here since the concepts can be quite complicated and to me at least are secondary to A/p/e/p's intention of unmaking the universe: 1, 2, 3, 4.

References:

Morenz, Ludwig D. “Apophis: On the Origin, Name, and Nature of an Ancient Egyptian Anti‐God.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 63, no. 3, 2004, pp. 201–05, page 202.

Kousoulis, Panagiotis I. "Magic and Religion as a Preformative Theological Unity: the Apotropaic 'Ritual of Overthrowing Apophis'". 1999. pages 211-212.

Wilkinson, Richard H. The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. pages 221-221.

Hart, George. The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. pages 31-32.

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Tile with the image of Bes from the palace of Ramesses II

New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1279-1213 BC. Egyptian faience. Pi-Ramesses, Qantir. Now in the Metropolitan Museum. 35.1.119

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Im expanding my pagan horizons 😍

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I grow more and more in awe of the Netjeru every day

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I didn't ask if it made sense to keep going. I said I'm going to kick your twisted evil ass.

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One of the best Kemetic art pieces I've ever seen, oml. I go back to it all the time Dua Sutekh 𓀢𓀢𓀢

A short one off comic starring everyone’s favorite agent of chaos. I may have been inspired slightly by recent drama (I have it on good authority that Set enjoys a good drama)

“How did you say the slash mark with your mouth like that”- A/pep probably.

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| Papyrus scene depicting the gods Ra-Horakhty, Thoth, and Ma'at flanked by intricately detailed pillars | { Seramen papyrus, 3rd intermediate period, Early 21st Dynasty, 1081 - 984 BCE, Thebes, Bibliothèque nationale de France }

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I LOVE THIS SO MUCH Dua Nu, Dua Nut ❤

Nut & Nun - counterparts to One another.

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🌾✨Osiris✨🌾

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| Just a reminder to people : You do not need an altar for deity work. You do not need to spend a lot of money on offerings or rituals. You do not need to hold yourself to the standard of other people's practice. This is your journey and your relationship with the gods. They understand what you have and they understand whats available or any circumstance you are in. I am a strong believer that, if an offering or devotional work is with good intentions and done so from the heart, it's more than good enough and your deities will be more than happy and accepting. Even if it's not a historical offering or even if it's something simple like saying good morning in your mind, they take notice and they love you for you. Having an altar or performing rituals is great, I have an altar myself! However, it's not a necessity, especially if you cannot make one/have one.

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| Statue of the Priest of Amun, Ramessunakht, holding the Theban Triad (Khonsu, Amun, Mut). It is comprised of a calcite base and a schist stone body | { New kingdom, 20th Dynasty, reign of Ramesses IV-IX, on display at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo }

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Osiris sailing✨

I wanted to draw something relaxing for myself...

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If I give Nu a super soaker as offering, will he be upset

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{❤ Meskhenet/Meskhent 𓄟𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏏𓁐 }

| Goddess of childbirth, weaver of fate, and breather of the Ka (the lifeforce). Wife of Shai (Andjety, Sobek), lady of the birthing brick. 💮 - Transliteration: msxnt - Hieroglyphs: 𓄟𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏏𓐚𓆗, 𓄟𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏏𓁐, 𓄟𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏌𓍢𓄗𓇼, 𓄟𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏏𓉐𓅆, 𓄟𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏏𓉐𓆗, 𓄟𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏏𓉐𓁐 - Name meaning: 𓄟𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏏 "Birthing brick" 𓏏 "Lady", Lady of the birthing brick

Epithets : xpr xprw nbw m xt xpr.sn – All forms emerge after her emerging tmAt nt tpyw a – The mother of the ancestors wDt xpr – Who orders the emergence wDwt xpr m tA – Who orders what is created in the land mst psDt – Who gives birth to the Ennead mst nTrw – Who gives birth to the gods SAat papa – Who began the birthing SAat papa m nTrwt – Who began the birthing among the gods Tst prt – Who allows the seed to become substance nbt aHaw – The lady of the lifetime nbt anx – The lady of life Xnmt anx – Who connects with life wbAt Hr – The vigilant one Sdt Hm.f Hr mnty.sn – Who raises his majesty on her thighs diwt anx n mr ib.sn – Who gives life to the one her heart loves sanxt Hr.s – Who keeps her Heru alive irt sA aay.s m irTt.s – Who protects her child with her milk Hnt sA.s – Who protects her son sxft Ad – Who fends off the angry one wDt SAy Hr […] – Who determines fate on […] dit SAy rrt […] – Who gives fate and upbringing […] sAt ra – The daughter of Ra nbt mrwt – The lady of love nn twt n.s – There is no one like her Xnmt nt Hr – The wet-nurse of Heru sHtpt ra m mswt nbt Hwt – Who soothes Ra at the birth of Nebt-het ATyt nfrt – The perfect wet-nurse SAat Sdt – Who began the nourishing nbt SAy – The lady of fate SAat SAy – Who began fate Offerings: 🪷 - Bread, water, milk, beer, wine - Children's supplies, children's toys, sentimental items - Things you've created, growing plants - Divination tools and supplies

Dua Meskhenet!! 𓀀𓀀𓀀 *Sources: - Sesh Kemet (https://seshkemet.weebly.com/) - Lexikon der ägyptischen götter und götterbezeichnungen (LAGG)