Mythology/Egyptian Mythology/Creatures

Creatures The creatures of Egyptian mythology are often (like Norse mythology) based on animals (e.g. Phoenix, Sphinx) Section 1: Quadrupeds Axex - A hawk's head on a quadruped's (a four-legged creature's) body. 250x125px|Egyptian sphinx250x125px|This stone block portrays Akhenaten as a sphinx, and was originally found in the city of Amarna/Akhetaten. This object is now located in the Kestner Museum of Hanover, Germany.250x125px|Egyptian antique in the Museum of the Louvre, pavilion sully, 2002. Sphinx - In Egyptian mythology this is a creature with the body of a lion and the head of a man, hawk or ram. Sta - A head of an asp on a quadruped's body. Section 2: Flying creatures Ba - A soul of a deceased person. Usually depicted as a bird or human-headed bird. Phoenix (Bennu) - In Egyptian mythology it is described as the sun-bird, which dies at night and comes to life in the morning (this is unlike greek and arabic mythologies, which depict phoenixes living for 500 years then dying and, after a while, coming back to life from its ashes) Section 3: Other Mummy - Even though mummies exist as Pharaohs who were prepared for the afterlife, Egyptian legend believes that if woken, a mummy would attack and chase its invader.