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Egypt Religion  Egypt had no word for relgion because it was infused in their society.  The created god in Egypt in the old kingdom is called PTAH  Ptah= creator god.  Ptah created the universe conceived in his mind, and simply spoke the world and the universe appeared.  Ptah was embodied in everything in the universe  They thought that Egypt belonged in the universe cosmic  Because Pharaoh was devined and was responsible for maintaining stability within …

…known as Re he was identified as Horus  In the new kingdom Re became associated with Amon.  Amon was an air god of the city of Thebes.  When associated with Amon he was known as Amon-Re  The pharaoh took the title as sun of Re since he was regarded as the “Earthy Embodiement of Re”  The river & land god included 2: Osiris & Isis  Osiris & Isis had a child named Horus-- was related to Nile and Land