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	Ancient Egypt: the Mythology
		Located in Middle Egypt, Hermopolis (Magna) was a major cult center of Thoth.
		Hermopolis was the ancient capital of the 15th Upper Egyptian nome.
		It has been noted by many that the goddesses of Hermopolis simply had the female equivalent of their partner's name (for comparison's sake, "Jane" is the female equivalent of the name "John").
	www.egyptianmyths.net /ogdoad.htm (599 words)

	The Hermopolis Theology
		"From Hermopolis, city of Hermes (Thoth), Master of Writing, Numbers, Measurement and Time, comes the description of the Nun, the primordial environment, picturing its qualities and characteristics: 'He [the Demiurge] created the Eight: He formed its body as that of a sacred child who issues forth from a lotus in the middle of the Nun.'
		The primordial Eight, as envisaged at Hermopolis (the Ogdoad), together form, as the text indicates, a single entity.
		The Nun is envisaged as a swampy mire, a seething primal cradle in which live four couples of serpents and frogs.
	www.kheper.net /topics/Egypt/Hermopolis.html (462 words)

	Ogdoad of Hermopolis (Khmunu)
		Hermopolis means "the city of Hermes" in Greek.
		The Greeks gave it that name because it was a major cult centre of the god Thoth who they associated with their god Hermes, but the Egyptians knew it as Khmunu ("the City of the Eight").
		However, the cult of Thoth developed after the original myth of the Ogdoad, so it is probable that this story was an attempt to incorporate Thoth into the pre-existing Ogdoad (who were sometimes known as "the souls of Thoth").
	www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk /ogdoad.html (577 words)

	The Ogdoad of Hermopolis
		The name of Hermopolis comes from the Greek way of equating Djehuty with their god Hermes, as the Egyptian Djehuty was a patron of wizdom, writing and healing.
		At Hermopolis the opinion was that at some point these primeval beings interacted whereupon a great explosion occurred, which somehow laid free the Primeval Mound.
		The mound later became Hermopolis, though at first it was called the Isle of Flame, as the sun god was said to be born and to rise there for the first time.
	www.philae.nu /PerAnkh/Ogdoad.html (1222 words)

	Hermopolis Magna (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It played an important part from the sixth to the eleventh dynasties; and later became the chief town of the nome of Hermopolis.
		To the west of the village is the Ibeum, or burial place of the animals sacred to Thoth; at the foot of Gebel-el-Bershêh is the necropolis of the local rulers.
		Laus., lii) records a tradition to the effect that the Holy Family came to Hermopolis.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/h/hermopolis_magna.html (234 words)

	The Ogdoad of Hermopolis - Nu, Naunet, Heh, Hauhet, Kek, Kauket, Amun, Amanuet
		The Ogdoad of Hermopolis - Nu, Naunet, Heh, Hauhet, Kek, Kauket, Amun, Amanuet
		Late in the history of ancient Egypt, after the conquest of Alexander the Great, a tomb in the form of a small temple was built for Petosiris, High Priest of Djehuty (Thoth) (332B.C).
		The place is now called the 'birtplace of every god' and it states that this is where the relics of the cosmic egg were buried.
	www.philae.nu /akhet/Ogdoad.html (1269 words)

	Hermopolis
		Hermopolis is far from being the most zealously excavated sites of Egypt, the ruins here are to a large extent pulverized.
		This egg was the result of the original choas, a chaos that was recognized for a certain set of characteristics.
		According to the myth of Hermopolis, called the Hermopolitan Ogdoad, thoth laid the cosmic egg.
	lexicorient.com /egypt/hermopolis.htm (248 words)

	Noreen Doyle's Photo Gallery - Amarna Tour - Hermopolis Magna
		This ancient city on the west bank was a center of worship of the scribal god Thoth, whom the Greeks equated with Hermes, hence the classical Greek name, Hermopolis.
		The Arab name for the town, Ashmunein, also means "Eight." It served as the capital of the fifteenth nome (district) of Upper Egypt.
		When the temples at Akhetaten were dismantled, many of the blocks were used by Rameses II to build a temple at Hermopolis.
	members.aol.com /wenamun/hermopolis.html (541 words)

	Djehuty Summary
		His chief shrine was at Khemennu, where he was the head of the local company of gods, later renamed Hermopolis by the Greeks (in reference to him through the Greeks' interpretation that he was the same as Hermes) and Eshmûnên by the Arabs.
		The association with baboons led to him occasionally being said to have as a consort Astennu, one of the (male) baboons at the place of judgement in the underworld, and on other occasions, Astennu was said to be Thoth himself.
		Thoth was inserted in many tales as the wise counsel and persuader, and his association with learning, and measurement, led him to be connected with Seshat, the earlier deification of wisdom, who was said to be his daughter, or variably his wife.
	www.bookrags.com /Djehuty (3135 words)

	Hermopolitan Theological System (Site not responding. Last check: )
		They were called the "fathers and mothers of the created light." They raised the sun in the sky, so that it, in turn, could create and sustain all the beings in the universe.
		Because of their theological belief Hermopolis was called "the city of eight" (Khmoun).
		Hermopolis also was responsible for the myth that the sun was like a lotus flower rising from the ocean waters, which enjoyed great popularity throughout Egypt.
	www.themystica.org /mythical-folk/~articles/h/hermopolitan_theological_system.html (289 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2002.03.36 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Hermopolis (mostly first century AD), Karnak (mostly second to early third century AD), and Memphis (sixth to early seventh century AD) treasures consist mainly of eating silver, with some drinking silver and at least one votive.
		The absence of proper contexts for the Hermopolis and Memphis finds means that stylistic considerations and comparisons with other silver vessels, with all their disadvantages, must be relied upon.
		Chapter 3 is concerned only with the Hermopolis vessels, more specifically, with the inscriptions present on a few of the pieces.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2002/2002-03-36.html (2234 words)

	Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		It played an important part from the sixth to the eleventh dynasties; and later became the chief town of the nome of Hermopolis.
		To the west of the village is the Ibeum, or burial place of the animals sacred to Thoth; at the foot of Gebel-el-Bershêh is the necropolis of the local rulers.
		Laus., lii) records a tradition to the effect that the Holy Family came to Hermopolis.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/herbermann/cathen07.html?term=Hermopolis%20Magna (239 words)

	Servants of the Light School of Occult Science, a fully contacted Mystery School teaching throughout the world by ...
		Which will serve as both a warning not to attempt to see these events as happening in a mundane context, for they are beyond the time of the terrestrial; and as a guideline for another stratum of perception, which is vital when dealing with the Mysteries of Egypt - and their representatives, the Neters.
		They are referred to as "The Eight" and this is reflected in the sacred name of Hermopolis, which was Khemenu - "the City of the Eight".
		Grasping this, it may become somewhat easier to understand the following: Kem-atef, which 'is' Hermopolis in an abstract sense, once his time there is up, does not simply disappear or truly cease to exist.
	servantsofthelight.org /knowledge/walkerjohn-egypt4.html (778 words)

	Vincent Bridges » Blog Archive » Notes On Egyptian Religion (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tehuti’s peculiar relationship to all the traditions is an important clue to the structure of the underlying myth.
		Amun, said to be simultaneously created by the spirits of Hermopolis and Ra the Sun God, was a composite, and ultimately political, tradition.
		In Hermopolis this was pictured as the union of the Negative Qualities to form the Cosmic Egg of existence.
	vincentbridges.com /?p=75 (2929 words)

	Thoth \| Encyclopedia of Religion
		One mortuary tradition, probably originating at Hermopolis, permitted the dead who knew the correct spells to accompany Thoth in the sky.
		The origins of the continuing traditions of Hermes Trismegistos and gnosticism can be traced to Egypt, to Thoth, and perhaps even to the Hermopolitan cosmology, but the extent of Egyptian influence on these beliefs remains to be determined.
		The great temple of Thoth at Hermopolis has not survived, although its location is known from finds in the area.
	www.bookrags.com /research/thoth-eorl-13 (675 words)

	Religion - Legends - The Land of Pharaohs
		The first related to the city of Heleopolis, the second to Hermopolis and the third to Manf.
		This trinity is formed from Shu, the god of the sky, standing and supporting the stretched body of the sky goddess Noot, with the god Geb at his feet.
		The second theory which began in Hermopolis says that the unformed material was there before cosmogony, that is, the emergence of the cosmos.
	library.thinkquest.org /C0116484/english/simple/religion002.htm (2008 words)

	Nehemet-awai
		She was worshipped at both Hermopolis magna and Hermopolis of the Ibis, Djehuty's two great centers of worship.
		At Hermopolis Parva, She was honored as the mother of the local God Heru-nefer.
		At Hermopolis, She functioned as a form of Het-Hert and was called the uraeus on the brow of the king.
	hethert.org /nehemetawai.htm (600 words)

	Severus of Al'Ashmunein (=Hermopolis), History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic church of Alexandria. Preface to ...
		Severus of Al'Ashmunein (=Hermopolis), History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic church of Alexandria.
		He became a monk, and then bishop of al-Ashmunein (Hermopolis Magna as it had been; Shmoun in Coptic) in the Thebaid under patriarch Theophanius (953-956) or Menas (956-975).
		He flourished in the latter half of the 10th century and died at the latest soon after the turn of the century.
	www.tertullian.org /fathers/severus_hermopolis_hist_alex_patr_00_eintro.htm (1919 words)

	Rome In Egypt
		M., Hermopolis Magna: Buildings of the Roman Period, London 1991.
		Kessler D., Hermopolis Magna, LÄ II, Wiesbaden 1976-77, p.
		Parlasca K., Hermopolis Magna in römischer Zeit, Jahrb.
	www.romeinegypt.unipi.it /index.php?pageId=40 (206 words)

	Hermopolitan Theological System (Site not responding. Last check: )
		They were called the "fathers and mothers of the created light." They raised the sun in the sky, so that it, in turn, could create and sustain all the beings in the universe.
		Because of their theological belief Hermopolis was called "the city of eight" (Khmoun).
		Hermopolis also was responsible for the myth that the sun was like a lotus flower rising from the ocean waters, which enjoyed great popularity throughout Egypt.
	www.themystica.com /mythical-folk/~articles/h/hermopolitan_theological_system.html (289 words)

	The Asian Prospect (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Thus the Hermopolis priests can be considered to have been the victors of this understated theological quarrel – a restrained competition for the soul harvest of the Egyptian people.
		The influence of Hermopolis did not lie with the city, however – it lay in the hearts and minds of intellectuals and thinkers, most notably the scribes and students of Egypt.
		Looking deeper, it is clear that eventually, the priests of Hermopolis had won the battle for the people’s acknowledgement of their god’s superiority.
	theasianprospect.wordpress.com (3559 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hermopolis Parva
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		A titular see of Ægyptus Prima, suffragan of Alexandria.
		Hermopolis Parva, among them Dracontius, about 354, who suffered exile for the faith under Constantius; St. Isidore, his successor (
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07289b.htm (212 words)

	Three ancient Egyptian sieges: Megiddo, Dapur, Hermopolis
		Ancient Egyptian siege warfare: the sieges of Megiddo, of Dapur and of Hermopolis
		He set up for himself the camp on the southwest of Hermopolis (Hmnw) and besieged it daily.
		An embankment was made, to inclose the wall; a tower was raised to elevate the archers while shooting, and the slingers while slinging stones, and slaying people among them daily.
	nefertiti.iwebland.com /weapons/siege_warfare.htm (1754 words)

	bible.org: Genesis 1-2 In Light Of Ancient Egyptian Creation Myths
		In the city of Hermopolis, the cosmogony of the Ogdoad arose.
		The Ogdoad of Hermopolis appears to parallel the four conditions present at the beginning of creation in Genesis 1:2.
		Thus, the parallels between the Ogdoad of Hermopolis and the conditions present at the beginning of creation in Genesis 1:2 reveal that the Hebrews and the Egyptians shared a similar concept of the primordial state.
	www.bible.org /page.php?page_id=2966 (5729 words)

	AllRefer.com - Hermopolis Magna (Ancient History, Egypt) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Hermopolis Magna (Ancient History, Egypt) - Encyclopedia
		Hermopolis Magna[hurmop´ulis mag´nu] Pronunciation Key, ancient city, central Egypt, on the Nile and near the modern Ashmunein.
		It was the chief seat for the worship of Thoth.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/Hermopol.html (149 words)

	The Victory Stela of King Piankhy (747-716 BC)
		King Namlot fled up-stream southward, when it was told him: "Hermopolis is in the midst of the foe from the army of his majesty, who capture its people and its cattle." Then he entered into Hermopolis, while the army of his majesty was upon the river, in the harbor of the Hare nome.
		Then his [majesty] appeared in splendour in his palace, proceeded to the house of Thoth, lord of Hermopolis, and he slew bulls, calves, and fowl for his father, lord of Hermopolis, and the eight gods in the house of the eight gods.
		The stela is especially interesting in revealing some unusual royal personality traits: he sought to avoid bloodshed; he forgave his enemies; and he made special devotions to the gods of the northern towns fallen to his arms.
	www.homestead.com /wysinger/piyevictorystela.html (5311 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Travel \| From an archaeologist's notebook (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As the train carried me southward, I pondered on Tuna Al-Gebel, the- graveyard of the ancient city of Hermopolis.
		Hermopolis was dedicated to the Greek god Hermes, who, in turn, was associated with Thoth.
		I felt as though Tuna Al-Gebel might actually sit at the very edge of the world -- a gate to the afterlife.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2000/486/tr5.htm (1253 words)

	The Scrolls of Wenenut - Crocodile Games Forum (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The river had never been so high in Hermopolis in all the records of such events from the founding of the city.
		As if the tragic flooding of Hermopolis was not enough, on the nineteenth day after my transformation another unprecedented event shook the city.
		The pyramid of Thosuë, the great Master of Words who travelled all of Ægyptus and much of her neighboring lands in search of knowledge and justice was discovered to be inside the city wedged between the Academy of Scholarly Inquiry and the Lesser Library of Thoth's Great Writings.
	www.crocodilegames.com /newforum/index.php?showtopic=477 (497 words)

	GEOGRAFÍA DE EGIPTO_hermopolis_magna_ciudad_de_toth
		Necropoli della città di Hermopolis, a 12 chilometri a sud-ovest dei resti della città, comprende un gruppo di tombe di epoca tolemaica.
		El lugar donde se encuentran las ruinas de la antigua ciudad de Hermopolis (Magna) está situado al noroeste de la moderna ciudad de Mallawi en la demarcación de el-Minia, en el Egipto Medio, unos 30 km.
		Columnas con capiteles corintios y solo fustes de Hermopolis Magna, en la basílica copta del siglo I d.C..
	www.uned.es /geo-1-historia-antigua-universal/egipto_geografia_hermopolis.htm (510 words)

	Thoth at Hermopolis Magna - Egyptian Gods and Their Cult Centers - Egyptians Held Cult Rituals Thoth at Hermopolis ...
		Thoth at Hermopolis Magna - Egyptian Gods and Their Cult Centers - Egyptians Held Cult Rituals Thoth at Hermopolis Magna.
		His chief cult shrine was at Khemennu, where he was the head of the local company of gods, later renamed Hermopolis by the Greeks.
		The Ogdoad were associated with Thoth and the Hermopolis Magna Creation Myth.
	www.kenseamedia.com /egyptian_gods/thoth.htm (319 words)

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