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Existing On Maggots

deity underworld Egyptian single tradition · 1

"Existing On Maggots" is a guardian-god who inspires terror and evokes fearful powers. The guardian-gods protect the 21 "Secret Portals Of The Mansion Of Osiris In The Field Of Reeds".

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – -30
Historical notes
Attested from ancient funerary texts.

Relationships

co occurs with
Ra, gate deities of the underworld, Sharpest Of Them All, Strident Of Voice, Rejector Of Rebels, Mistress Of Anger – Dancing On Blood, Mistress Of The Altar, Swallower Of Sinners

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (1)
  1. Gate deities of the underworld

Source passages

“The guardian-gods too were given names that inspired terror and, above all, evoked their fearful powers: for example "Swallower Of Sinners" and "Existing On Maggots" — even if some texts avoided directly indicating their names, adding these largely unnamed gate deities of the underworld to the group of Egyptian divinities known to scholars, but impossible to inventory.”

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