animal
Ibis
A long-billed wading bird. Egyptian Thoth can be shown as an ibis; that is a Nile bird in a temple grammar, not a later “scribal animal” of occult shops.
Egyptian religion · Nile valley
Ibis is sacred to Thoth.
Thoth can be shown as an ibis. A Nile bird in a temple grammar, not a later scribal mascot.
from Plutarch · On Isis and Osiris, c. 100 CE; Raymond O. Faulkner (translation) · Book of the Dead, New Kingdom spells; Faulkner trans. 1972
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Ibis appears in Nile.
The bird belongs to the valley’s fauna in Egyptian sign. A Nile wader, not a Hermetic mascot.
from Plutarch · On Isis and Osiris, c. 100 CE
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Ibis is associated with Writing.
Thoth’s ibis is tied to writing in Egyptian grammar. The bird does not write; the god of the sign does.
from Plutarch · On Isis and Osiris, c. 100 CE
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Thoth is associated with Ibis.
The same pairing. Plutarch discusses Egyptian animal-signs as a Greek interpreter.
from Plutarch · On Isis and Osiris, c. 100 CE
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sources
- On Isis and Osiris · Plutarch
Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris (Moralia).
- Book of the Dead · Raymond O. Faulkner (translation)
Raymond O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead.