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The Trinity or Triads in Egyptian Mythology: 1. Ka- Spirit (doubles) (kau)
2. Khu - Soul
3. Khat - Body 1. Khaybet - Shadow
2. Ba - Soul
3. Sahu - Mummy 
1. Ra - Noonday sun 
2. Tum - Evening sun
3. Khepera - Sun at the down 1. Isis
2. Horus 
3. Set (sometimes Osiris)

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The Muses. How many? Three, four, nine? 
According to Marcus Terentius Varro there are only three Muses: one born from the movement of water, another who makes sound by striking the air, and a third who is embodied only in the human voice. They were called: Melete or “Practice”
Mneme or “Memory” 
Aoide or “Song” According to Hesiod, there were a total of nine. Calliope (epic poetry)
Clio (history)
Euterpe (flutes and lyric poetry)
Thalia (comedy and pastoral poetry)
Melpomene (tragedy)
Terpsichore (dance)
Erato (love poetry)
Polyhymnia (sacred poetry)
Urania (astronomy) According to Pausanias there were originally three Muses, worshipped on Mount Helicon in Boeotia: Aoide (“song” or “tune”)
Melete (“practice” or “occasion”)
Mneme (“memory”) In Delphi three Muses were worshiped as well, but with other names: 
Nete
Mese 
Hypate which are assigned as the names of the three chords of the ancient musical instrument, the lyre Later, they were called Cephisso, Apollonis, and Borysthenis, names which characterize them as daughters of Apollo. In a later tradition, a set of four Muses were recognized, Said to be daughters of Zeus and Plusia or of Ouranos. Thelxinoë
Aoide
Archē
Melete

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The Tetractys 
was a very important mystical symbol in the Pythagorean cult. Among the several meanings, the Tetractys was used to represent the organization of space: 1. the first row represented the point, the dimension of “zero” 2. the second row represented the line, the dimensioned “one” 3. the third row represented two dimensions, a plane, in this specific case, a triangle of three points 4. the fourth and last row represented the Three-dimensional space, a tetrahedron defined by four points.

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Did you know that the day “Thursday” is named after the Norse God Thor? Thor was the Thunder-god, for whom Thursday is named. For the other days of the week we have: 
Monday is named after by Mani who personified the Moon. TYR was the God of War, for whom Tuesday, once Tyr’s day, was named. Wednesday is Odin’s day. The Southern form of his name was Woden. What about Friday? There are two goddesses to be honored on Friday. They are Frigg and Freya. Frigg was the wife of Odin while Freya was the Vanir god of love. Sunday is Sol who personified the Sun in Norse mythology. Whether Sol was a god or not it’s a mystery. Unfortunately, there is no source talking about the god for whom Saturday honors...