Audio Myths
Today I've begun to create a series of videos over some of the many myths in Egyptian Mythology. Clicking on the link to each story will send you to the video, where you can sit back and listen to the myths of Ancient Egypt. Alternatively, I've included the transcripts for the videos so you can read the myths too.
Ra was ruler of all of Heliopolis and was proud of his
throne. He knew that only another God could usurp his throne and none of the
existing gods would dare to challenge him. However, the Goddess Nut had become
pregnant. Ra found out the Nut was going
to have children and fearing that one of them would usurp his throne he decried
that Nut would be forbidden from having children on any day of the year. Nut
refused to sit idly by though and went to Thoth, the God of Wisdom, for
assistance. Thoth was incredibly clever and quickly thought of a plan to help
Nut. He went to Khonshu, the God of the Moon, and challenged him to a game of
gambling. Khonshu agreed and wagered some of his moonlight on the game. Thoth
used his superior cunning to win against Khonshu over and over again. Each time
Khonshu lost he gave Thoth a little of his moonlight as winnings. Eventually
Thoth had enough moonlight to go through with his plan. At this time the year
was only 360 days long. Thoth used the moonlight he'd won to create five extra
days that were not part of the year so that Nut could have her children.
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