Posted by -LOCKED - More Egyptian Deities

Karmo (#98909)

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Posted on
2019-06-24 19:00:54
Now, this can either be for Decor or for a Explore encounter during June.
(Sorry for the long post)
((Also, I don't expect these to get added right away, or maybe even at all. This is a fun suggestion that I thought people would like. I don't want to force anything onto the (amazing) artists of Lioden))

It seems that we have some of the more popular Deities for Lioden, like Anubis, Set, Bastet, Isis, etc.
But what about the ones that were loved by the Egyptian people and deserve more love by people nowadays?


Meet Taweret. She has the body and head of a pregnant hippo, a crocodile tail, and limbs of a lioness (she could have the face of a woman as well.. but seeing as Lioden stayed away from making Nirah (a manticore) have a human face, she could have just a hippo head). This mixed Deity may seems fearsome, but she was gladly welcomed into my arms of women. She was believed to protect women from evil spirits that might of harmed the mother or child during childbirth.
There are other Deities that are related with childbirth/protection during childbirth, but Taweret seems the most interesting with her design. A mixture of top predators, she would be very interesting to see in Lioden.
220px-Taweret.svg.png

Renenutet is another amazing deity. She is the cobra goddess of harvest, and was used as a "royal bodyguard". The uraeus, cobra amulets, and cobra pottery were all good things to have, as they were believed to ward off evil spirits.
When the Nile flooded, it brought vermin, which then brought the snakes. Cobras were then associated with fertility. Renenutet promised that Egypt would never go hungry. She is also considered an excellent mother, much like real cobras. She was associated with taking care of the pharaoh from birth until death.
She was also seen as having Sobek as a husband, due to him representing the flooding of the Nile. She also had Geb as a husband, and them having the child Nehebkau.
"Later, as a snake-goddess worshiped over the whole of Lower Egypt, Renenutet was increasingly associated with Wadjet, Lower Egypt's powerful protector and another snake goddess represented as a cobra. Eventually Renenutet was identified as an alternate form of Wadjet, whose gaze was said to slaughter enemies. Wadjet was the cobra shown on the crown of the pharaohs."

I also found a Hymn of Renenutet:

"I will make the Nile swell for you,
without there being a year of lack and exhaustion in the whole land,
so the plants will flourish, bending under their fruit.
The land of Egypt is beginning to stir again,
the shores are shining wonderfully,
and wealth and well-being dwell with them,
as it had been before."

renenutet_snakedress.jpg

-Suggestions-

Mots (#5378): Ammit Encounter, Aken (carried the souls of the dead into the underworld via boat), Geb (God of Earth and Growing Things), Ma'at (Goddess of Truth and Justice), Pakhet (lioness Goddess of War).

----Please leave suggestions below for other gods you may want to see, and if you would rather have these as Decor or Explore Encounters ^^!!----
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Edited on 24/06/19 @ 20:32:56 by Karmo (#98909)

Mots - RP Loved🏒 (#5378)

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Posted on
2019-06-24 20:00:12
I know we have decor for Ammit, but it would be pretty cool to see an explore encounter with it.

But for other unknown or lesser known gods, we could have the following: (I'm a big Ancient Egypt nut so...)

Aken, the custodian of the boat that ferried souls across Lily Lake to Field of Reeds in the afterlife

Geb, the god of the earth and growing things

Ma'at, goddess of truth, justice

Pakhet - Hunting goddess in lioness form, associated with the vengeful aspects of Sekhmet and justice of Isis



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Karmo (#98909)

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Posted on
2019-06-24 20:28:05
I'll add your ideas right away ^^

(also for the person that no support, PLEASE tell me why.. I can't improve without suggestions)



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shadowsspy (#9255)


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Posted on
2019-06-24 21:02:09
My inner mythology nerd is satisfied with the amount of details here so supporting



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Karmo (#98909)

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Posted on
2019-06-24 21:47:45
Thank you!
I'm glad you like it ^^



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2020-03-01 03:08:48
As per our official polls, we're planning on branching into small side quests with other deities once we get Wolvden out.



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