Egytian+Animals

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By: Bailey
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Animals were thought to be sacred to the egyptians because they were belived that when their gods or goddesses came down from earth, they would represent a specific species. The Egyptians believed they would share the afterlife with the animals. So they would be mummified, and put into a family memebers tomb. Some animals that were considered especially sacred to the Egyptians were; the Cat, Cattle, Scarab Beetle, and the Jackel. The male cat had religous connnections with Ra. Kittens. The Cattle was often used as a sacraficial offering. The Scarab Bettle was wmblem of a specific goddess. The Jackel was concidered a protecter of tombs from robbers, and helped in the journey to the after-life.

Some ancient egyptian animal names are; Bastet, Hathor, Horus, and Anubis. Bastet was a cat and was very useful in egypt. He depended very much on grain. The cats hunting instincts were honered by the egyptians. Bastet can be shown as a woman with a cats head. To ancient egyptians the cat did not appear as a household pet. Hathor was a royal goddess, and her name meand "House of Horus." Her image would be the form of a cows head. She would also appear as a woman wearing the horns of a cow. She was the goddess of love, music,singing, and dance. she was the most important deities in the age of the pyramids.

Horus was the god shown as a Flacon, or as a man with the head of a falcon. Like a good king who see's everything in his kingdom, the hawk is noted for its sharp vision. And last but not least Anubis, the jackal headed god who looked after the dead, and who also was in charge of mummification. He appeared as a black canine with long sharp ears, of as a man with a canine head. Anubis is not natural to Jackals, or the wild dogs of egypt.

Some present day egyptian animals conclude of the Fennec fox, which is the smallest fox in the world. The Egyptian Cobra, a highly poisoness snake. The Griffon Vulture, and the Egyptian Vulture. So those are a few present day egyptian animals. All in all egypt has many great animals. From the Fennec Fox the smallest fox in the world to the Sacred ancient egyptian animals from long ago, egypt is clearly a great country.

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