In pantheons,
Egyptian pantheon refers to the spectrum of
gods, local gods, state gods, god groups (pauts), and
supreme gods, categorized in an ordered scheme, prevalent in
Egyptian mythology, generally grouped per
recension.
An alternative Egyptian pantheon, by UsefulCharts.com, shows the c.2500
Heliopolis version of the
Ennead, when Ra was joined with Atum, as follows: [4]
Showing the then-conceived three forms of the
sun god, namely: morning sun (Ra-
Khepri), noon sun (
Ra), and evening sun (
Atum), all three of which latter being syncretized into the form of Ra-Atum or
Atum-Ra.
See main: Greek pantheon
In c.700BC,
Hesiod, as described in his
Theogony, followed by
Solon (c.590BC), and others, e.g.
Lycurgus (c.840BC),
Homer (c.800BC), Orpheus (c.680BC) (
Ѻ), and
Pherecydes (c.430BC), after studying in
Egypt, in
Heliopolis and
Memphis, formalized their own
state religion pantheon (See:
Greek mythology) based, in outline, on the above Egyptian pantheon, then prevalent (see:
histomap), with modifications and reductions; the gist of which, as outlined below [2], being that
Ogdoad (see:
Hermopolis creation myth, 2150BC) became "
chaos", which gave birth to Gaea (or
Geb) and Uranus (or
Nut), from the
Ennead;
Amen-Ra became
Zeus, the new
supreme god; the model of there being two competing pauts or god groups, namely the Ogdoad and the Ennead, mixed with the eternal god camp battle, of good and evil (or light and darkness) between
Horus and
Set (or Ra and Apep, depending), became the model for the battle between the Titans and the Olympians;
Osiris became
Dionysus;
Isis became Demeter;
Nephthys became Persephone;
Horus became
Apollo;
Shu became Atlas;
Khnum became
Prometheus;
Thoth became Cronus and or Hermes, depending;
Hathor became Aphrodite [3]; Neith (
Ѻ) became Athena [3];
Ptah became Hephaestus;
Set became Typhon; among others (see:
god character rescripts), and the gods took human forms (as opposed to human-animal forms, in the Egyptian scheme):
