Never knew there was an Egyptian hippo deity! Really interesting to learn why she’s female:pic.twitter.com/PdUbMYT32w
The goddess Taweret, protector of women & children, patroness of childbirth. Egypt, 26th dynasty, c. 600 BCE. #pronatalismpic.twitter.com/xkUyY9fEZA
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There's plenty of overlap between the ancient Greek and Egyptian myths too. I think it has to do with how the Greeks humanized their gods and heroes as opposed to the Egyptians who gave them animal features and made them more abstract and distant.
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this is the statue from Lost
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she looks like a hippo
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That’s bc she is. (nice avi btw
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