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Publish the Obsidian vault's Knowledge folder as /knowledge (881 notes, 67 folders), with a Knowledge item in the nav and footer. - scripts/import_knowledge.py regenerates data/knowledge from the vault: slugged paths, folder notes as index pages, wikilinks resolved to site links (or plain text), callouts, highlights, and Dataview tables rendered statically. Personal notes are withheld via an exclusion list plus a privacy guard. - tuftecms/core/knowledge.py builds a concept index from note titles and aliases. First mentions on ordinary pages link to their Knowledge note (capped, never in headings, code, links, or sidenotes); Knowledge pages list related notes and where they're mentioned across the site; other pages get a Related Knowledge block. - Knowledge URLs join sitemap.xml (so the sweep test covers them), never displace existing legacy slugs, list alphabetically, and mermaid diagrams render client-side only on pages that have them.
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description: The gods of the Nile — where the sun is a boat, the sky a goddess, and
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death a doorway weighed against a feather.
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source: obsidian-knowledge
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# Egyptian Mythology
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> *The gods of the Nile — where the sun is a boat, the sky a goddess, and death a doorway weighed against a feather.*
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Egyptian myth is among the oldest continuously recorded on earth, a theology of the sun's daily death and rebirth, of the flooding Nile, and of the *ka* that survives the body. Its gods wear the heads of falcons, jackals, cats, and ibises; its central drama — the murder of [Osiris](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/osiris), the mourning of [Isis](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/isis), and the vengeance of [Horus](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/horus) — is the archetypal dying-and-rising myth that echoes through the rest of [Mythology](/knowledge/mythology) and into the [Tarot](/knowledge/tarot).
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## The Pantheon
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| Deity | Domain | Tarot |
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| [Ra](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/ra) | Sun, creation, kingship | [The Sun](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/the-sun) |
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| [Osiris](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/osiris) | Death, resurrection, the afterlife | [Death](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/death) · [Judgement](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/judgement) |
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| [Isis](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/isis) | Magic, motherhood, the throne | [The High Priestess](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/the-high-priestess) |
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| [Horus](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/horus) | Sky, the living king, vengeance | [The Sun](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/the-sun) · [The Emperor](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/the-emperor) |
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| [Set](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/set) | Chaos, storm, the desert | [The Devil](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/the-devil) · [The Tower](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/the-tower) |
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| [Anubis](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/anubis) | Embalming, the guide of the dead | [Death](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/death) |
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| [Thoth](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/thoth) | Writing, wisdom, the moon | [The Magician](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/the-magician) |
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| [Hathor](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/hathor) | Love, joy, music, the sky-cow | [The Empress](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/the-empress) |
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| [Nephthys](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/nephthys) | Mourning, night, the dead | [The High Priestess](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/the-high-priestess) |
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| [Sekhmet](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/sekhmet) | War, plague, fierce healing | [Strength](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/strength) |
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| [Bastet](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/bastet) | Home, protection, joy | [Strength](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/strength) |
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| [Ptah](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/ptah) | Creation by the word, craft | [The Magician](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/the-magician) |
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| [Amun](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/amun) | The hidden god, king of Thebes | [The Hierophant](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/the-hierophant) |
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| [Ma'at](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/maat) | Truth, justice, cosmic order | [Justice](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/justice) |
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| [Nut](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/nut) | The sky, arched over the earth | [The Star](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/the-star) |
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| [Geb](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/geb) | The earth | [The Empress](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/the-empress) |
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The Heliopolitan Ennead traces every player in the Osiris drama back to the creator.
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```mermaid
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flowchart TD
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R["Atum-Ra — the creator"]
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R --> ST["Shu and Tefnut"]
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ST --> GN["Geb — earth and Nut — sky"]
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GN --> Os["Osiris"]
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GN --> Is["Isis"]
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GN --> Se["Set"]
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GN --> Ne["Nephthys"]
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Os --> Ho["Horus"]
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Is --> Ho
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```
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## The Osiris Myth
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The heart of the tradition: [Osiris](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/osiris), the good king, is murdered and dismembered by his brother [Set](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/set); his wife [Isis](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/isis) gathers the pieces and revives him long enough to conceive [Horus](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/horus), who avenges his father and takes the throne while Osiris becomes lord of the dead. [Ma'at](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/maat)'s feather weighs each heart at the judgment, and [Anubis](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/anubis) and [Thoth](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/thoth) attend the scales.
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## Related
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- [Mythology Hub](/knowledge/mythology)
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- [Tarot](/knowledge/tarot) — the dying-god and the weighing of the heart
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- [Hermeticism](/knowledge/spirituality/hermeticism) — [Thoth](/knowledge/mythology/egyptian-mythology/thoth) as Hermes Trismegistus, the fount of the Hermetic tradition
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