THOTH IS THE GOD OF ALL KNOWLEDGE AND CAN APPEAR AS THE SACRED IBIS, AN IBIS-HEADED MAN, OR AS A BABOON.
He is also the moon-god and wears the combined crescent and full moons as a crown. Both Thoth's sacred creatures can suggest
lunar symbolism. The curved beak of the ibis is the moon's crescent, and baboons become agitated at the end of the night.
Thoth gave the 'god's words' - the ancient Egyptian term for hieroglyphs - to humankind on the instructions of the sun-god.
The scribes recognized the magical power of these signs and only the elite were allowed to learn and write hieroglyphs.
Thoth's main cult centre was at Hermopolis (modern Ashmunein). There were extensive underground catacombs for mummified ibises
and baboons in the nearby desert necropolis (cemetery)
WADJYT
WADJYT IS ONE OF TWO FIERCE GODDESSES WHO PROTECT THE SUN-GOD AND THE PHARAOH. THE OTHER GODDESS BEING NEKHBET.
Wadjyt is the cobra-goddess who appears as a rearing snake. She sometimes combines with her southern counterpart NEKHBET,
and has vulture wings and talons coming from her serpent coils. Wadjyt's name comes from the Egyptian word meaning 'to be
green', in the sense of flourishing like the papyrus marshes. The symbol above all others that marked out royalty in ancient
Egypt was the cobra-goddess worn on the crown or forehead of the pharaoh. Wadjyt, rising up ready to spit fire at all enemies
of the king, was described by the Greeks as the Uraeus.
