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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:10 pm
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:16 pm
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Speaking of the Egyptian pantheon, this unrelated link regarding mermaids and things like it says:
Quote: The Nereids on the other hand were protective of sailors, and reserved their beautiful singing voices to entertain their father, unlike the dangerous Sirens who ensnared sailors with their enchanting voices and lured them to watery deaths. The Sirens were originally bird-women related to the Egyptian Ra, or soul birds, demons of death sent to catch souls. But the Sirens eventually became synonymous with mermaids; thus the mermaids acquired their unpleasant reputation for drowning sailors. This evil aspect can also be traced to a certain degree as stemming from Greek sea-monster propaganda, promoting a fearful image of the sea to discourage commercial rivals in shipping and colonization.
I'm having trouble finding information about this elsewhere. I mean, there's the Bennu bird, who, as I understand it, is said to be the soul of Ra, Atum or.. crap.. There's another name.. XD;
Oh! Osiris, I think.
But I can't find any bird-women. You wouldn't happen to know anything about 'em, Dis?
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:23 pm
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:36 pm
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Maze Speaking of the Egyptian pantheon, this unrelated link regarding mermaids and things like it says: Quote: The Nereids on the other hand were protective of sailors, and reserved their beautiful singing voices to entertain their father, unlike the dangerous Sirens who ensnared sailors with their enchanting voices and lured them to watery deaths. The Sirens were originally bird-women related to the Egyptian Ra, or soul birds, demons of death sent to catch souls. But the Sirens eventually became synonymous with mermaids; thus the mermaids acquired their unpleasant reputation for drowning sailors. This evil aspect can also be traced to a certain degree as stemming from Greek sea-monster propaganda, promoting a fearful image of the sea to discourage commercial rivals in shipping and colonization. I'm having trouble finding information about this elsewhere. I mean, there's the Bennu bird, who, as I understand it, is said to be the soul of Ra, Atum or.. crap.. There's another name.. XD; Oh! Osiris, I think. But I can't find any bird-women. You wouldn't happen to know anything about 'em, Dis? Nekhbet is a Netjert associated with the vulture. Aset, Nebt-het, and Ma'at are often depicted with wings. I think Hethert might sometimes be associated with hawks through Heru-wer. These are goddesses, not demon soul-catchers. As far as I know, the Bennu bird is, indeed, tied to Ra, Atum, and Wesir, and resembles a heron or a phoenix, not a "demon of death sent to catch souls." That description doesn't make any sense to me, and I can't think of anything else Egyptian that could fit that description. Ammit eats the souls of the unworthy at their judgement after death, but She's not a bird (lion and crocodile I believe).
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