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Originally posted by MagiK:
Hehe Thanks for the correction  Most of my egyptian gods knowledge came from the Deities and Demigods book from the early 1st edition of AD&D and from StarGate SG1 of course [img]smile.gif[/img] oh and a couple of less than complete mythology books [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Magik, you managed to mention one of my favorite subjects [img]tongue.gif[/img]
I think many people know of her as Bast, it is probably just that Bastet is considered correct for the moment LOL, you know how it is! Just as Seth has also been called Set, Setekh, Suty and Sutekh - much depends upon the translation and pronunciation conventions of the day (Bantu is used nowadays as a pronunciation guide), and regional/temporal variations within ancient Egypt itself.
One thing that interests me greatly is the way that the Egyptian written language as seen in heiroglyphs didn't change much over the millennia. I've heard it suggested (although I'm no linguist) that for there to be so little change indicates that maybe it bore little or no relation to the everyday language that people of the time spoke - which can change dramatically in as little as 200 years - and that it was purely ritual, I suppose in a similar way than some modern churches and science use Latin.
Oooops, Sorry Donut, major thread derailment occurring - please assume the crash position [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img]