Beginning of Time ~ End of Eternity – Calendar of Ancient Egypt: First Month of Inundation – Drunkenness

Kamat Radio - Wisdom for the Ear from Ancient Egypt

In this episode, we discuss the First month of the season Axt, the month of txy. This month is patron to the nTr deity DHwty – Thoth, God of wisdom and writing. major festivals of the month are wpt rnpt the opening of the year, mss ra Hr Axty – the birth of Ra-Horakhty, the sd Hr bHdty – the jubilee festival of Horus of Edfu, wAg Hr DHwty – the Wag and Thoth festival, the rise of the High Nile, and Hb tx – drunkenness festival. Also, the mythos of Hwt Hr – Hathor, the nameless serpent, and the baboon deity bAby or Babi.