1. Name: Peter Sison 8-73 Date: 2/16/12
CORNELL NOTETAKING
Key Words Main Ideas/Supporting Ideas
Bes (cont.) Protector against snake.
Aid of childbirth.
Linked fertility marriage, happiness, music, dancing.
Shown as a dwarf
Sometimes rather leonine features.
Creator of Memphis
Ptah Patron of craftsmen
Shown as mummified man
Son of Osiris/Iris
Horus
Shown as falcon-headed as a child with finger to his
mouth
Original sky god
The name of husband of Hathor
Khnum Another creator god
Cataract region
Made man on his potter wheel.
Shown as ram headed man
Maat
Goddess of the truth and justice
Symbol of balance in universe
Woman wearing an ostrich feather on her head
Goddess of love, music/dancing
Hathor Sky goddess
Shown as cow or as a woman with the head on horns of a
cow
Greeks identify her with Aphrodite
Connections and Reflections
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