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[[File:ACO_THO_Statue_of_Thoth.jpg|thumb|250px|A statue depicting Thoth in [[Arsinoe]]]] | |||
'''Thoth''' was an Egyptian deity widely associated with the arbitration of godly disputes, the arts of magic, the system of writing, the development of science, and the judgment of the dead.<ref>Budge, E.A. Wallis (1904). ''The Gods of Egyptians, Vol. 1''. London: Methuen & Co.</ref> He is described as having the head of a green ibis, and as such, is symbolized by one.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – ''[[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]'' – [[The Ibis (genetic memory)|The Ibis]]</ref> | '''Thoth''' was an Egyptian deity widely associated with the arbitration of godly disputes, the arts of magic, the system of writing, the development of science, and the judgment of the dead.<ref>Budge, E.A. Wallis (1904). ''The Gods of Egyptians, Vol. 1''. London: Methuen & Co.</ref> He is described as having the head of a green ibis, and as such, is symbolized by one.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – ''[[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]'' – [[The Ibis (genetic memory)|The Ibis]]</ref> | ||
Thoth had a [[Temple of Thoth (Hermopolis)|temple]] in [[Hermopolis]] dedicated to him until the mid-1st century BCE, when he was replaced by [[Hermes Trismegistus]] as the patron god of the city.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins''</ref> | Thoth had a [[Temple of Thoth (Hermopolis)|temple]] in [[Hermopolis]] dedicated to him until the mid-1st century BCE, when he was replaced by [[Hermes Trismegistus]], a combination of both Thoth and [[Hermes]], as the patron god of the city.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins''</ref> | ||
In around 38 BCE, Bayek, while exploring [[Aten (afterlife)|Aten]] helped an old man, [[Khui (Aten)|Khui]], preserve his fading memory of the Old Divine ones by searching for statuettes of three old gods, Thoth being one of them, Bayek later gave the man the statuettes.<ref name="Gods or Creed">''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – ''The Curse of the Pharaohs'' – [[Gods or Creed]]</ref> | In around 38 BCE, Bayek, while exploring [[Aten (afterlife)|Aten]] helped an old man, [[Khui (Aten)|Khui]], preserve his fading memory of the Old Divine ones by searching for statuettes of three old gods, Thoth being one of them, Bayek later gave the man the statuettes.<ref name="Gods or Creed">''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – ''The Curse of the Pharaohs'' – [[Gods or Creed]]</ref> | ||
==Appearances== | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{c|statue only}} | |||
**''[[The Hidden Ones (DLC)|The Hidden Ones]]'' {{c|statue only}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Egyptian deities]] | [[Category:Egyptian deities]] | ||
Revision as of 12:28, 27 August 2018
Thoth was an Egyptian deity widely associated with the arbitration of godly disputes, the arts of magic, the system of writing, the development of science, and the judgment of the dead.[1] He is described as having the head of a green ibis, and as such, is symbolized by one.[2]
Thoth had a temple in Hermopolis dedicated to him until the mid-1st century BCE, when he was replaced by Hermes Trismegistus, a combination of both Thoth and Hermes, as the patron god of the city.[3]
In around 38 BCE, Bayek, while exploring Aten helped an old man, Khui, preserve his fading memory of the Old Divine ones by searching for statuettes of three old gods, Thoth being one of them, Bayek later gave the man the statuettes.[4]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Origins (statue only)
- The Hidden Ones (statue only)
References
- ↑ Budge, E.A. Wallis (1904). The Gods of Egyptians, Vol. 1. London: Methuen & Co.
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Curse of the Pharaohs – The Ibis
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Curse of the Pharaohs – Gods or Creed