Thoth

Also known as Toth, Thot, Djehouty, Zehuti

Thoth (from , borrowed from , , the reflex of "[he] is like the ibis") is an ancient Egyptian deity. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon, animals sacred to him. His feminine counterpart is Seshat, and his wife is Ma'at. He is the god of the Moon, wisdom, knowledge, writing, hieroglyphs, science, magic, art, and judgment.

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Thoth is an ancient Egyptian god associated with wisdom, knowledge, writing, and the moon, typically shown in art as a man with the head of an ibis or baboon. He matters as a central figure in Egyptian religion and culture, representing intellectual and creative pursuits that were vital to ancient Egyptian civilization.

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Deity.type: Egyptian
Deity.name: Thoth
Deity.hiero: G26-t:Z4-A40 or D-H-w-t:Z4-R8
Deity.image: Thoth.svg
Deity.image_upright: 1.0
Deity.alt: Thoth
Deity.caption: Thoth, in one of his forms as an ibis-headed man
Deity.cult_center: Hermopolis
Deity.symbol: Ibis, moon disk, papyrus scroll, reed pens, writing palette, stylus, baboon, scales
Deity.consort: Maat, Seshat, Nehmetawy
Deity.offspring: Seshat
Deity.Greek_equivalent: Hermes
Deity.Roman_equivalent: Mercury

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Thoth's chief temple was located in the city of Hermopolis ( , Egyptological pronunciation: Khemenu, ). Later known as in Egyptian Arabic, the Temple of Thoth was mostly destroyed before the beginning of the Christian era. Its very large pronaos was still standing in 1826, but was demolished and used as fill for the foundation of a sugar factory by the mid-19th century.